💢British Ministry of Defence: On 6 December 2022, Igor Girkin, a well-known Russian nationalist and former military intelligence officer, claimed he had spent two months embedded with a Donetsk People's Republic battalion on the front line. He said his recent experiences had revealed a 'crisis of strategic planning' in Russia's Ukraine operation. Since his deployment, Girkin has also derided the Russian military's current emphasis upon constructing extensive, positional defensive works, questioning their utility in modern warfare. His comments highlight the fraught debate about the conduct of the war which continues within Russia's security community. Rumours circulating on social media within the last 48 hours suggesting that Russian Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov could have been fired cannot be verified. However, factional tensions likely extend to the top of Russia's military hierarchy.

💢Around 3:00 am local time, a red alert was announced at the American embassy in Baghdad, the reason for which has not yet been determined

💢Using Shahed-136 drones, the Russian army targeted the weapons depot of the Ukrainian forces in Kyiv.

💢Local sources say that Azerbaijan has blocked the communication route to Artsakh for 48 hours and has cut off the supply of gas and humanitarian aid to this region.

💢Russian Ministry of Defense: Two Russian strategic bombers conduct patrol missions in Japanese waters

💢Zelensky said that Ukraine's air defense shot down 13 suicide drones made by the savage and marauding Islamic regime that attacked the capital Kyiv earlier this day.

💢Peru defense minister said Peru's armed forces would take control of key infrastructure such as airports and hydroelectric dams for protection because protests continue across the country.

💢Russian officials say that they are not ready to accept a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine by Christmas, and they said that this is not on the agenda of the Kremlin.

💢The situation people in Artsakh, people line up to charge gas canisters.

💢Russian terrorist army's missile and drone attack on Kherson government building

💢United States is establishing a new air force unit in South Korea to strengthen security coordination against threats from China and North Korea in the region.

💢Japan announced the passage of Chinese warships since December 12 until 14 in the Miyako Strait

💢After clashes between Indian and Chinese forces in the Tawang border region of Arunachal, China has sent a large number of fighter jets and drones to the Xigaze Peace air base located in Shigatse, Tibet.

💢The first batch of China-made Guizhou JL-9 training fighter jets was delivered to the Myanmar Air Force. They are supposed to replace the F-7 and A-5 fighter jets in Myanmar's air fleet.

💢British Foreign Ministry expelled six Chinese diplomats from this country