🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Video shared by Ukrainian Armed Forces shows an F-16 fighter jet operated by the Ukrainian Air Force intercepts a Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range OWA-UAV with an air-to-air missile.

As seen through the thermal sight of a Ukrainian ground-based anti-aircraft gun.

🇵🇱🇪🇺 ⚡️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 travels to the U.S. ahead of Monday meeting with President Trump

🔗Israeli radio reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu is departing this morning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷⁉️According to the same source, Netanyahu is expected to request some form of green light for potential future attacks on Iran.

🇺🇦📞🇺🇸🇪🇺 — Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov speaking about the geopolitical shift by the United States from Europe to Asia:

For the United States, the main adversary — and this is already official information — is China.

They consider the deepening of cooperation between China and Russia a serious threat.

Therefore, there is a need to try to pull the Russian Federation away. There is nothing extraordinary here.

The whole world doesn’t live for Ukraine.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov about the Russian Industrial capacity:

There was a period when missile strikes were rare. After that, Russian industry reached its peak. They do not lose this capability.

Plans are fulfilled and often exceeded. Iran and North Korea are not involved in production.

🇷🇺🕊🇺🇦 — Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov about the odds of peace between Russia and Ukraine:

There are currently many voices within Putin’s inner circle saying, “the war needs to end.”

And there are more of them now than before.

🇺🇦📞🇺🇸 — Ukraine’s Budanov on Steve Witkoff and the ongoing negotiations:

When it comes to negotiators, they can do anything to achieve their goal.

For the United States of America, as stated in their official public strategy, there is an interest in restoring economic relations with the Russian Federation.

They think about their own country. They are not obliged to think about other countries. They must think first and foremost about America.

Russians must think first and foremost about Russia. And we must think about Ukraine.

🇷🇺🕊🇺🇦 — Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov says that February 2026 could become the most favorable period for achieving peace

According to the head of the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), this is particularly related to military activity, the heating season, and a number of other conditions.

Budanov also noted that the main point of contention in peace negotiations is the territorial issue.

🇺🇸✈️📍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.

🇺🇦⚡️Kiev continues to experience widespread power outages

📍Several districts of the city are facing not only electricity blackouts, but also water and heating shortages, according to local reports.

🇷🇺🇯🇵Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urges Japan to seriously reconsider its decision to shift toward militarism.