🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it is not possible to hold a referendum at this time on former President Trump’s proposed plan to end the war without additional security guarantees, according to his statement.

🇺🇳🇮🇱🇸🇴⚡️The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Monday following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, according to reports.

The discussion is expected to focus on the political and regional implications of the move and its potential impact on international recognition and stability in the Horn of Africa.

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‼️🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱Iran has warned Israel, via a third party, that if it launches a large-scale war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Tehran will enter the conflict directly, according to reports.

🇺🇸💸🇮🇱⚡️Pentagon auditors were unable to track more than half of the US military aid sent to Israel following the Hamas attack in October 2023, according to reports.

🇷🇸⚡️Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that Serbia is stockpiling attack drones and plans to open a factory for their production in the spring, according to reports.

🇵🇰🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said the country is ready to deploy a force for a peacekeeping mission in the Gaza Strip, but would not agree to any mandate that involves disarming Hamas.

🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that his meeting with US President Donald Trump will not be held behind closed doors, but will take place publicly, in front of cameras and the media.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️Russian air defense systems intercepted and shot down 43 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory and the Sea of Azov within a three-hour period, according to official reports.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪⁉️U.S. officials discussed a tougher approach toward Venezuela after talks with President Nicolás Maduro stalled, according to The New York Times.

➡️The report says internal debates included expanded deportations, pressure over oil negotiations, maritime incidents, and contingency plans involving U.S. special forces if tensions escalate.

🔗https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/us/politics/venezuela-trump-maduro-oil-boat-strikes-immigration.html

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Putin comments on military progress in Zaporizhia region

➡️Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a visit to a command post of the Joint Forces Group, spoke about recent advances in the areas of Dimitrov and Gulyaypole. He stated that the progress achieved by the units of the “East” Forces Group is occurring at the expense of the opposing side, according to his remarks.

➡️Putin asked the commanders present to convey his acknowledgment to the personnel involved in the operations in these locations. Earlier, Russian military sources released footage showing the Russian national flag in Dimitrov after its capture.

🇮🇱❌🇶🇦 — Israel Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, calls Qatar a "Mafia State" after it rejected the recognition of Somaliland by Israel

I categorically reject the recognition of Qatar as a state.

Qatar is not a state.

It is a family business,
a mafia state whose every so-called achievement is the result of despicable bribery and corruption.

It finances terror and bloodshed and exports Islamist indoctrination across the west.

🇪🇹🇸🇴❌🇸🇴 — Al-Arabiya (Saudi Media) suggesting that Ethiopia might be the next country to recognize Somaliland as an independent country in exchange for the Port of Berbera is not something that should be highlighted in a minor light

📝 It should be noted that until November of this year, Ethiopia was preparing for a large-scale invasion against Eritrea to seize Assab (a port region that belonged to Ethiopia during the Monarchy of the Solomonic Dynasty) and install a friendly government in power in Asmara

➡️ If such indeed becomes reality, Israel may have prevented the greatest war of all recent wars (a possible second Ethiopian-Eritrean War that at very least would have spreaded to Sudan and the Red Sea as a whole) in the Horn of Africa in exchange for a deal that could pave the way for a complete legal precedent for change with regard to the borders established at the Berlin Conference

Win-win for Ethiopia and all non-Islamist countries in East Africa

🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡️EU leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine following the meeting between Trump and Zelensky, according to Polish Prime Minister Tusk.

🇸🇴❌🇮🇱🇸🇴 — In face of the coalition gathering in favor of Somaliland, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Somalia in Belgrade published a message on its X account:

One Somalia, One people, One culture, One language, One religion, One country

📝 It should be noted that Somalia officially recognized the independence of Kosovo, the Albanian-controlled province of Serbia, on May 19, 2010, becoming the 69th country to do so

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🇺🇦🇺🇸⚡️Ukrainian media report that President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Florida for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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🇮🇶💥⁉️An explosion has just been reported in Iraq’s Basra province, according to initial local accounts.

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🇷🇺✈️🚫Temporary restrictions have been imposed on aircraft arrivals and departures at Kaluga Airport, according to Russia’s aviation authority Rosaviatsia.