🇵🇱🇪🇺 ⚡️Poland to build major anti‑drone fortifications along its eastern border amid Russian threat

Poland has announced plans to construct a €2 billion anti‑drone defence network along its eastern border with Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region in response to what officials describe as increased security risks following significant incursions of unmanned aerial vehicles into Polish airspace this year.

Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said the project, backed by the EU’s SAFE defence programme and Poland’s national budget, aims to have initial capabilities operational within about six months, with full deployment targeted within the next 24 months. The system will incorporate multiple layers of defence, including drone jamming technology, machine guns, cannons and surface‑to‑air missiles, integrated into existing border defences.

Officials have framed the initiative as part of wider efforts to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank and deter future unmanned threats, while also increasing defence spending and expanding training programmes for citizens.

🔗Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/poland-anti-drone-fortifications-eastern-borders-cezary-tomczyk

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺💥During the night, 25 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️Netanyahu heads to the U.S. ahead of Monday meeting with President Trump

According to Israeli radio reports:

✈️Netanyahu is traveling this morning to meet Trump on Monday.

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷⁉️He plans to request U.S. approval for potential future actions against Iran.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸🇵🇸Israel will not proceed to the second phase of the Gaza agreement until Hamas is disarmed, Netanyahu will inform Trump.

🇺🇸✈️📍A Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS of NATO operated for an unusually long period over the Rzeszów region in Poland since yesterday. Reports indicate the crew was supporting the Ukrainian negotiator ahead of their trip to Washington.

⚡️The aircraft has now completed its mission and is en route to an airbase in Sicily, Italy.

🇷🇺🤝🇨🇳❌🇹🇼Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia will support China in the event of a conflict over Taiwan.

⚡️He cited the 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation with China, emphasizing that one of its core principles is mutual support in defending state unity and territorial integrity.

🇺🇸🇵🇷🪖The United States continues to significantly reinforce its airpower posture in the Caribbean, with a large forward deployment now concentrated in Puerto Rico, reflecting expanded ISR, strike, and special operations capabilities.

➡️At least 10 MQ-9A Reaper drones have been deployed, enhancing long-endurance surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike capacity across the Caribbean basin and northern South America. Alongside them, 11 CV-22B Ospreys provide rapid long-range insertion, extraction, and resupply for special operations forces, while 10 MC-130J Commando II aircraft support covert infiltration, aerial refueling, psychological operations, and precision mobility. In addition, roughly 36 fighter aircraft are now forward positioned to ensure air superiority, rapid strike options, and deterrence.

📌Key deployment locations include:

• Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN), Aguadilla – Operating as a special operations and drone hub, hosting MQ-9A Reapers and SOF aviation assets.

• Roosevelt Roads (RVR), Ceiba – Focused on strike assets and Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concepts under IWOARG, enabling rapid dispersal and sustainment.

• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), San Juan – Serving as a command, control, ISR, and electronic warfare (C2/ISR/EW) coordination center.

• Mercedita Airport (PSE), Ponce – Supporting U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps logistics, port access, and sustainment operations.

➡️The scale and distribution of these deployments suggest a sustained U.S. effort to improve regional responsiveness, monitor strategic corridors, and project power across the Caribbean and nearby theaters, rather than a short-term or symbolic presence.

🇨🇳🇨🇳⚡️🇹🇼The PLA Eastern Theater Command has launched joint military drills around Taiwan, code-named “Justice Mission 2025.”

➡️According to Xinhua, multiple branches of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army began the exercises on Monday, as confirmed by theater command spokesperson Shi Yi.

🇨🇳🇨🇳The PLA Eastern Theater Command has announced large-scale joint military drills around Taiwan, scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on December 30. The exercises, code-named “Justice Mission 2025,” involve multiple branches of the Chinese military and include live-fire activities, according to Xinhua.

➡️The drills will take place across five designated maritime and airspace zones surrounding Taiwan. These areas are located north of Taiwan, northwest near the Taiwan Strait, west and southwest near Fujian-facing waters, south of the island, and east of Taiwan in the western Pacific, forming a broad operational ring around the island.

📌Specifically, the northern drill zone lies between waters northeast of Taiwan and the East China Sea. The northwestern area covers parts of the Taiwan Strait opposite northern Taiwan. Another zone is positioned off the western and southwestern approaches, near coastal routes facing southeastern China. A southern area extends into waters below Taiwan, while the eastern zone stretches into airspace and waters east of the island, facing the Pacific.

🇨🇳The PLA stated that these exercises will involve coordinated operations by naval, air, and other forces, with live ammunition being used. Chinese authorities warned that all civilian vessels and aircraft should avoid entering the designated waters and airspace during the drill period for safety reasons.

🔗https://english.news.cn/20251229/b8180fef31a44b7f9985126eec1f937a/c.html

🇨🇳❌🇹🇼 — Chinese state media is openly framing the PLA’s “Justice Mission 2025” drills as a direct response to the record $11.1B U.S. arms sale to Taiwan.