Translation: "Russian President Vladimir Putin called what is happening in the Donbass genocide ... 'Russophobia is the first step towards genocide. We know what is happening in Donbass ... it is very reminiscent of genocide'" https://m.lenta.ru/news/2021/12/09/genotsid/
Translation: "The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, harshly warned Ukraine about the consequences of the aggression in Donbass ... stated that the situation in Donbass was escalating, and warned the Ukrainian authorities that any provocation with an attempt to resolve the ongoing conflict by force would be suppressed" https://rusonline.org/donbass/glava-genshtaba-vs-rf-sdelal-vazhnoe-zayavlenie-po-donbassu
"A senior Russian diplomat warned the United States and its NATO allies Friday that their own security would suffer if they 'torpedo' providing Russia with certain military guarantees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the West to provide guarantees that would preclude NATO from expanding to Ukraine or deploying troops and weapons there. Putin brought it up during a video call with U.S. President Joe Biden this week. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said during a news conference Friday that while it would be “naïve” to expect to get those security guarantees soon, Moscow remains committed to seeing them made. 'If our opponents on the other side — first and foremost the U.S., but also other countries, allies, the so-called allies of the U.S. — refuse, try to torpedo the whole thing, they will inevitably encounter a further worsening of their own security situation,' Ryabkov said." https://news.yahoo.com/russia-presses-west-guarantees-amid-164243638-000840648.html
"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday rejected Russian demands to rescind a 2008 commitment to Ukraine that the country would one day become a member of the Western military alliance." https://news.trust.org/item/20211210192039-sgjcm
"The Biden administration prepared a $200 million package of additional military assistance for Ukraine in recent weeks but chose to hold off on delivering the aid despite appeals from Kyiv and some lawmakers, according to three people familiar with the issue. A source familiar with the matter, however, said there are a number of other options on the table for further assistance to Ukraine, including a much larger package of aid that would be approved in the event of further incursion by Russia." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-to-kyiv-amid-diplomatic-push/ar-AARHta1
"Part of a $60 million security assistance package, including small arms and ammunition, was delivered to Ukraine on Thursday, according to a State Department official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, but a final delivery containing four counter mortar radars is still scheduled for early next year ... This year, the US has delivered approximately $450 million in security assistance to Ukraine ... Since 2014 ... the US has provided more than $2.5 billion in aid to Ukraine ... The US military also helps to train Ukrainian forces. In November, about 150 members of the Florida National Guard's Task Force Gator deployed to Ukraine as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, replacing the Washington National Guard ... In addition to Task Force Gator, Special Operations Command Europe has a "large role" in training and advising Ukrainian special forces" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...ps-to-train-countrys-military/ar-AARCuvy
