Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on why she was against sending weapons to Ukraine in 2014:

There was a big argument in Ukraine about whether we should try to drive the Russian troops out of eastern Ukraine by military means. I thought that there was no chance of success.

Source: Spiegel

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha:

We see Trump's victory as an additional chance to speed up the peace process.

IDF tanks were spotted hundreds of meters from the Litani River.

Drone wars continue: Footage of two drones colliding in the air.

High-tech optical equipment worth $2.1 million, manufactured by UK firm Beck Optronic Solutions, was allegedly sold to Russian military-connected companies through intermediary firms in Kyrgyzstan.

— The equipment included camera lenses used in military applications like missiles, tanks, and aircraft.

— Shipments were made by two companies: Rama Group LLC and Shisan LLC, both registered Kyrgyz companies.

— The two companies completed 2,129 shipments to Russia between July-December 2023, many shipments contained "high-priority battlefield items".

— Rama Group is linked to Valeria Baigascina, a 25-year-old part-time model from Kazakhstan now living in Belarus.

— The shipments went to sanctioned Russian companies like Sol Group and Ural Optical & Mechanical Plant.

— Beck Optronic Solutions denies knowledge of these shipments and claims it has not breached sanctions.

Source: BBC

Map of the movement of the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine throughout 2024.

Source: Map by Financial Times, data by ISW.

Alleged footage of Storm Shadow missiles flying over the Kursk region.

Financial Times: Ukraine has another 3.7 million men aged 25-60 that can be mobilized.

Putin:

There are currently no means of intercepting the Oreshnik missile in the world, the missile will be mass-produced and delivered to the Strategic Rocket Forces.

Oreshnik is another reliable guarantor of Russia's territorial integrity.

Russia is working on a whole line of medium and shorter range missiles planned for serial production, Vladimir Putin added.

Strategic Rocket Forces Commander Sergei Karakayev:

The Oreshnik missile can hit targets all around Europe.

Volodymyr Zelensky:

We are already working with our partners to obtain new air defense systems, It is these systems that are capable of protecting life from new risks.

An IDF drone dropping an explosive on a house in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Alleged destruction of a Ukrainian MiG-29 at an airfield in Dnipro with an Iskander missile.

CNN: North Korean troops were spotted in Mariupol and in the east of the Kharkiv region.

The North Korean troops allegedly wear Russian military uniforms and are located separately from the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces.

Yemenis symbolically protest American presence in the region by stepping on a replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier.