In an Interview yesterday with the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Vice-President JD Vance stated that the United States would issue Major Sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as possibly deploy Troops to Ukraine, if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not come to the Negotiating Table with a Deal to end the ongoing Invasion of Ukraine. Vice-President Vance will meet later today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich, with him stating that any Negotiations with Putin will also involve President Zelensky and Ukraine.

Besides the Drone which struck the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), last night Russia launched over 133 “Shahed-136” and other Drones against Ukraine, with the Ukrainian Air Force reported to have downed at least 73 of the Drones.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s press secretary Serhii Nikiforov has reportedly announced that the Ukrainian President is now meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

A number of key meetings are set to happen over the course of this conference. This includes preliminary negotiations on some form of cessation of hostilities in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

The Chief Engineer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), Oleksandr Titarchuk states that there is the possibility of a Radiation Leak, after last night’s Russian Drone Attack against the Containment Structure around Reactor No. 4, but that the Situation is under Control.

The White House has announced that it will be banning the Associated Press (AP) from the Oval Office as well as Air Force One, for their refusal to use the “Gulf of America” to refer to the body of water previously known in the United States and still known in other countries as the “Gulf of Mexico.”

According to @joshrogin with the Washington Post; while meeting today with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the U.S. Diplomatic Delegation slid him a piece of paper to “blindly” sign, which would have granted the United States 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves, which Zelensky refused to sign.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is signing two executive orders now. One order is to end the Covid-19 Vaccine mandate for schools and the other will establish the Energy Dominance Council led by the energy and interior secretaries Chris Wright and Doug Burgum.

Up to 2,000 Federal Employees with the U.S. Department of Energy, including upwards of 325 Workers at the Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversees and safeguards the United States’ Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, have been laid-off by the Trump Administration; following the arrival last week of several Representatives with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Agency.

According to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the ban for the Associated Press was adhered to for this presser.

A Convoy containing the Deputy Head of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has been attacked by Hezbollah Supporters near Beirut International Airport, with at least one Vehicle being burned and several UNIFIL Staff Members being injured before the Lebanese Army arrived to disperse the Crowd.

The Lebanese Army is demanding that Hezbollah Supporters hand over several Individuals, which attacked and burned a U.N. Convoy earlier near Beirut International Airport.