Addressing UK Parliament, Zelensky Thanks Country ‘in Advance’ For Warplanes

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the British Parliament Wednesday
afternoon, expressing his view on military alliances in terms of equipment transfers, and thanking the United Kingdom “in advance” for the gift of its warplanes.

The speaker of the British House of Commons was presented with a signed combat pilot’s helmet by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday afternoon, saying the gift should act as a symbol to help get Western warplanes donated to the Ukrainian war effort. Indicating, perhaps, that he now considers getting British fighter jets is now a fait accompli Zelensky said in his address to the UK Parliament that he was “thanking all of you –in advance — for powerful English planes”. Breitbart

Putin ‘supplied’ Buk missile that shot down Flight MH17 over Ukraine: investigators

"There are “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally signed off
on the use of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, international prosecutors concluded Wednesday. Members of the multinational Joint Investigation Team announced they would be closing the investigation as they revealed the findings, saying the evidence of Putin’s and other Russian officials’ involvement was not concrete enough to secure a criminal conviction.

“The investigation has now reached its limit,” prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer told a news conference in The Hague. “The findings are insufficient for the prosecution of new suspects.”

Russia has denied any involvement with the downing of the civilian airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, which killed 298 passengers and crew who hailed from more than a dozen countries, although nearly 200 were Dutch citizens." NYP

Marjorie Taylor Greene trolls Biden's State of the Union with white balloon

"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., brought a helium balloon to the U.S. Capitol on
Tuesday in an effort to troll President Joe Biden over his response to the recent Chinese spy flight ahead of his State of the Union address.

Greene said it was "just an innocent white balloon" in a video she posted to her Twitter account Tuesday afternoon, which also showed her walking around the Capitol while holding the balloon. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Greene said she brought the balloon to work because the Chinese spy flight incident was the "No. 1 thing" that Biden needs to address during his speech later Tuesday." FOX

Ukrainian forces repel enemy attacks near 22 settlements

"Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled attacks by Russian invaders near 22 settlements in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Ukrainian forces have repelled enemy attacks near the Luhansk region’s Novoselivske, Chervonopopivka, Shypylivka and Bilohorivka, and the Donetsk region’s Verkhniokamianske, Fedorivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Spirne, Vyimka, Bakhmut, Krasna Hora, Paraskoviivka, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Kamianka, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Marinka and Bohoiavlenka." UKRIN

National Guard members down enemy Mi-24 near Bakhmut

"The crew of a portable anti-aircraft missile system of Ukraine’s National Guard operational
brigade downed a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Donetsk region." UKRIN

China wants its balloon back

"The Chinese Foreign Ministry has requested that President Joe Biden’s administration return debris from the air balloon that the US military shot down off America’s east coast, saying the aircraft “belongs to China.” RT