The moment a Ukrainian drone was shot down over Kazan. The attack appears to still be ongoing.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces advanced in Western Donetsk Oblast and captured most of the village of Zorya.

After establishing a foothold in its eastern houses, Russian forces continued to clear the Ukrainian positions here, moving westward. At the same time, the treeline to the north of Zorya was also captured.

However, according to reports from reliable sources, Zorya is under full Russian control, including some of the forests to the west of the settlement.

+ ~3.29km² in favour of Russia.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces advanced in the southern Oskil bridgehead and captured the village of Kruhlyakivka.

After establishing control over most of Kruhlyakivka, Russian forces were able to advance south and seized the remaining houses. They were also able to advance down the railway line and expanded their zone of control in the forests.

+ ~1.17km² in favour of Russia

This one takes the cake though

Threat of IRBMs from Kasputyn Yar, Astrakhan Oblast.

Air raid alerts in all regions of Ukraine

No launches as of now. I will continue to monitor the situation.

The airspace around the Kastupyn Yar test site remains open. Still no launches and I doubt there will be any.

There wont be any launches.

The airspace over the Kasputyn Yar test site has now been closed.

The Houthis have heightened their state of alert across their controlled parts of Yemen.

Drone infiltration threat near Gaza

Apparently the drone was launched from Yemen, and was intercepted.

I highly doubt this was electronic warfare btw. The videos I’ve seen of EW shows the drones swaying and tilting. This seems like a targeted attack on civilians in revenge for the Russian missile attacks on Kyiv.

I’m open to speculation as usual, but in my opinion it just doesn’t fit the criteria for EW.

Following an order by Chadian authorities for a French withdrawal from Chad and the end of military cooperation on November 28, 2024, the first 120 French soldiers have left the capital N'djamena and returned to France. This comes 10 days after French fighter jets stationed in the country also left.

The French Ministry of Defence announced on their Facebook account that "At midday, 120 French soldiers took off from the military airport of N’Djamena on board an Airbus A330 Phoenix MRTT, headed for France."

The remaining ~1,000 French soldiers will have to leave before the 31st of January 2025.

This order by Chad continues to mark a shift in influence in the wider Sahel region of Africa from western post-colonial powers to countries such as Russia and China, further facilitating the shift towards a multi-polar world.

You might remember the military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Well, these countries are scheduled to officially withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, 2025. The west has a decent amount of influence over ECOWAS, and the shrinking of this alliance will further decrease their sphere of influence in Africa.