Ukrainian Flags Hung Upside Down at International Arms Aid Meeting

"Pentagon chiefs have made a major blunder by hoisting a row of Ukrainian flags the wrong
way up at a military aid meeting.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairperson Mark Milley hosted an online meeting with counterparts from 44 countries on Monday in their latest bid to drum up more donations of equipment for the rapidly-collapsing Ukrainian army." Sputnik

Pakistan deploys army against ex-PM

"The government of Pakistan authorized the deployment of the military to protect its
headquarters in Islamabad in the early hours of Thursday, as thousands of protesters loyal to the former PM Imran Khan took to the streets. Khan marched on the capital on Wednesday to demand the “imported government” call early elections.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah tweeted out that the army will be deployed to protect “important government buildings” under Article 245 of the Pakistani Constitution." RT

China Says Philippine Sea Drills Were 'Stern Warning' Against US Support for 'Taiwan Independence'

"The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a series of maritime and aerial
drills in the seas surrounding Taiwan in recent weeks, including deployment of its largest-ever carrier battle group and a joint bomber patrol with the Russian Air Force.

Beijing has warned that the drills were intended as a “stern warning against the recent collusion activities between the US and the ‘Taiwan independence’ secessionist forces." Sputnik

DPR Army Enters Kherson, Zaporozhye, Kharkov Regions

"Russian armed forces and militias from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR
and LPR) continue to advance, pushing Ukrainian forces back from the region.

Recently, the Russian military, during its special operation to demilitarise Ukraine, took control of the Kherson Region - in the south of the country - and part of the Zaporozhye Region." Sputnik

Zelensky Rejects Kissinger Concession Comments

"Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in remarks asserted that his country will hold no
talks or negotiations with Russia until its forces pull back to their pre-war positions. It's but the latest clear signal that there likely won't be any negotiated settlement on the horizon, also as US defense officials have recently been predicting a protracted, possibly even "years-long" conflict....... all of this comes on the heels of veteran US statesman Henry Kissinger's own controversial Davos remarks advising that Ukraine must be willing to cede territory or risk a broader Russia-NATO war that spreads beyond Ukraine's borders." ZH

U.S. Poised to Force Russian Debt Default

"The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay its billions in debt back to international
investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable.

The Treasury Department said in a notification that does not plan to renew the license to allow Russia to keep paying its debtholders through American banks." Breitbart