Clear footage of Chinese spy balloon shot downed by the U.S.

F-22 Raptor fighter jet gets it first kill by shooting down a Chinese spy balloon over the U.S. airspace.

U.S. President Biden: (Chinese spy balloon)

I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on Wednesday as soon as possible. They told me to wait for safety.

We successfully took it down today.

Turkish security forces detain 15 people suspected of receiving instructions for terrorist attacks against the consulates of the Netherlands, Sweden and religious sites in Istanbul.

The detainees are connected with ISIS.

The threat was not confirmed by authorities.

Pentagon:

Fighter aircraft from Langley AFB (F-22) in Virginia fired a single missile into the Chinese surveillance balloon at 2:39pm today, causing it to crash into the ocean.

Pentagon confirms.

1 x F-22 shot 1 x AIM-9X air-to-air missile to take down the Chinese spy balloon.

Float around & find out.

USAF F-22 popping the Chinese spy balloon.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to Putin:

“I want to clarify, do you give me your word that you will not kill Zelensky?"

Putin:

“I will not kill Zelensky."

After that, Bennet passed the message to Zelensky.

Israeli PM Netanyahu says he would explore the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine, taking into account national interests.

Netanyahu says Israel doesn’t want a confrontation with the Russia and incidents between the military of the two countries in Syria airspace.

Chinese Foreign Ministry:

The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and protest against the U.S. use of force to attack a civilian unmanned balloon.

The U.S. overreacted.

We reserve the right to respond.

Ukrainska Pravda:

Ukrainian Defence Minister Reznikov will likely be dismissed from his post next week.

Reznikov could be replaced by Kyrylo Budanov, Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) Head.

Russian Ka-52 helicopter firing Vikhr ATGM on a Ukrainian tank.

Ukrainian military went abroad for exercises with French-Italian supplied SAMP/T air defence system.

The system, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, is expected to be deployed in Ukraine within two months.

NYT:

France has increased its exports to Russia by 25%.

Portugal, which has increased its exports of goods to Russia by almost 10 times as of August 2022.

Germany remains the largest EU importer of goods from Russia, having briefly lost this position during 2022 to Italy.

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar says “F-16 fighter jet is not the only option” for Türkiye.

Poland plans to build a fence on the border with Russia.

The electronic fence on the border with Kaliningrad planned to be built in March.

It would cover about 200 km of the land border.

Former FSB agent and Russian commander Igor Strelkov (Girkin):

We won't be able to defeat Ukraine, it's better not to launch a new offensive without additional mobilization.

Otherwise it will be worse than it is now.

YouTube will be blocked in Russia from February 28.

Russian Defence Ministry:

According to information confirmed by several sources, Kyiv intends to carry out a large-scale provocation to accuse the Russian Federation of "war crimes".

Kyiv is planning a controlled bombing of medical buildings in Kramatorsk in order to accuse the Russia of an allegedly deliberate strike on civilian objects.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Reznikov:

Ukraine is ready for a possible major Russian offensive this month.

Kyiv has reserves to contain the Russian Federation, even despite the fact that not all recent Western support will arrive in time.

Russian 2S19 Msta-S 152 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer destroyed by Ukrainian M982 Excalibur 155 mm guided artillery shell.