Steve Witkoff’s Gulfstream G650ER Business Jet carrying Marc Fogel, an American who was released earlier today after 4 Years in a Russian Prison, has just landed at Joint Base Andrews near Washington D.C.

After landing at Joint Base Andrews near Washington D.C., newly released American citizen Marc Fogel is set to meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the White House soon.

Explosions heard in the Ukrainian Capital of Kyiv, with reports of an ongoing Russian Ballistic Missile Attack against the City.

Newly freed American citizen Marc Fogel after arriving at Joint Base Andrews near the U.S. capital. Fogel will meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump in the coming hours.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump awaits the arrival of Marc Fogel, who was released today from Russian Prison, at the White House in Washington, where it is currently around 10:30pm and snowing.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump meets Marc Fogel, who was just freed from Russia, outside the White House.

Newly freed from Russia, American citizen Mark Fogel makes a statement in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room. In his own rendition of the famous Winston Churchill quote, “never has one owed so much to so many.” Powerful.

The New York Times (NYT) is now reporting that Alexander Vinnick, a criminal cyber-actor, who ran an illegal crypto money laundering operation will be released to Russia in exchange for Mark Fogel, the American released yesterday. However, an unnamed official has told the NYT that he is set to forfeit millions in assets as a part of the exchange.

During a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ruled out Ukraine joining NATO and spoke some hard truths. “We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective…the United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement.”
The secretary also urged European nations, especially members of the UDCG, to commit an overwhelming share of aid to Ukraine, and to ‘level’ with their citizens on the threat facing European nations.

Additionally, at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting in Brussels, Belgium U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said that any troops deployed to Ukraine will not be U.S. troops and they must be part of a “non-NATO [European] mission and they should not be covered under Article 5.”

The U.S. Senate has begun its confirmation vote for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), with her expected to have secured the Republican votes needed to be confirmed.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, LTC Tulsi Gabbard, has now been confirmed by the U.S. Senate 52-48.

According to a release from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), on February 10, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), in concert with CENTCOM forces, conducted a precision strike near Kirkuk, Iraq that killed two ISIS terrorists. Post-strike clearance activities found an explosive suicide belt, weapons components, and explosive material. The operation was part of the Defeat ISIS (D-ISIS) mission subordinate to the Coalition Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CTF-OIR).

U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirmed on the Truth Social app that he spoke, at length, with Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump also said that Putin has committed to peace negotiations. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Micheal Waltz, and the White House’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will head the U.S. delegation to any future peace talks.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke today with Abdullah II King of Jordan, to discuss and commit to “Unity” over the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip without the displacement of the Palestinian Population.

Interestingly, not included in President Trump’s Post is Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, who is considered one of the main “Hardliners” against Russia and Putin within the Trump Administration.

Reports of a U.S. Navy EA-18G “Growler” Electronic-Warfare Aircraft having crashed in San Diego Bay, with both of the Naval Aviators said to have safely ejected prior to the Crash.

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T “Jayhawk” was circling over the Bay for a while, likely searching for the Wreckage of the Aircraft.