💢Japan intend to increase its defense spending by 1 trillion yen ($7.34 billion) to about 6.5 trillion yen in fiscal year 2023.

💢Stars and stripes: Ukraine war pushes Poland to train civilians as soldiers for a military mighty enough to challenge Russia

💢United States approved a plan to strengthen its military presence in the Baltic states. It envisages that US troops and military equipment units will be continuously present in Latvia on a rotating basis.

💢Ukrainian authorities say that about 50 percent of the country's vital infrastructure has been damaged and some have been completely destroyed.

💢Pentagon says that Russia is expanding and upgrading its nuclear arsenal

💢Putin says Russia may consider formally increasing possibility of preventive nuclear first strike to disarm opponents of its military doctrine

💢Germany intend to transfer 18 RCH-155 self-propelled artillery systems, 80 pickups, 7 trucks and 90 anti-missile equipment to Ukraine

💢British Ministry of Defence: Iran has become one of Russia's top military backers since Russia invaded Ukraine. Iran's support to the Russian military is likely to grow in the coming months: Russia is attempting to obtain more weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles. In return Russia is highly likely offering Iran an unprecedented level of military and technical support that is transforming their defence relationship. Russia has highly likely expended a large proportion of its stock of its own SS-26 Iskander short range ballistic missiles, which carry a 500kg warhead up to 500km. If Russia succeeds in bringing a large number of Iranian ballistic missiles into service, it will likely use them to continue and expand its campaign of strikes against Ukraine's critical national infrastructure.

💢Japan is considering deploying hypersonic missiles at the islands of Kyushu and Hokkaido

💢Azerbaijan sent electrical equipment including 45 electrical transformers and 50 generators to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.

💢Germany sends 36,400 stored woolen blankets to Ukraine as winter aid

💢According to statistics, ISIS now present in the entire continent of Africa

💢Ukrainian army says it has shot down 10 drones made by the Islamic regime of Iran in the southern oblasts

💢UK air and space force will be on secret high alert between now and December 25 to track unregistered cargo flights in the Arctic

💢In the north of Kosovo, in the area where the Serb population lives, shootings and explosions have been reported.

💢Serbian President said Serbia asked NATO peacekeeping operation in Kosovo to allow it to deploy Serbian troops and police forces at the north of Kosovo

💢According to local sources, two explosions were heard in the north of Kosovo