Russia

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Wednesday, where he made a fresh pitch for fighter jets and other advanced weapons. AWC
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the UK on Wednesday, marking his first trip to the country since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and pleaded for London to provide Kyiv with fighter jets in a speech to the British parliament. AWC
• Russia is looking for answers from Washington after a report from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh said the US blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany. AWC

China

• Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he plans to lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Taiwan this spring despite the risk of provoking China. AWC
• The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday spoke out against President Biden’s State of the Union Address, where he took aim at Beijing and said the “competition” with China should unite Americans. AWC