💢The areas of Sayyidah Zaynab and Nashabiyah airport in south of damascus were bombed by Israeli fighter jets

💢Putin ordered the Russian army to strengthen the protection of the country's borders

💢British Ministry of Defence: On 16 December, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Joint Headquarters of the Special Military Operation. Putin was filmed meeting with a number of senior military officers including Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu. He invited proposals for next steps of the Special Military Operation. Commander of the Russian Group of Forces in Ukraine, General Sergey Surovikin, was one of those who presented a report. In this choregraphed meeting Putin likely intended to demonstrate collective responsibility for the special military operation. This display likely aimed to deflect Putin's responsibility for military failure, high fatality rates and increasing public dissatisfaction from mobilisation. The televised footage was probably designed to also dispel social media rumours of General Gerasimov's dismissal.

💢The United States sends B-52 bombers and F-22 fighters to South Korea for joint exercises.

💢Zelensky visited from Bakhmut. Severe conflicts are going on in this city

💢Two United States B-52 bombers landed in Japan

💢Hours ago, American drones bombed the hideout of ISIS terrorists in the Al-Bab, located in the eastern province of Aleppo, Syria.

💢Taiwan says six Chinese military aircraft violated Taiwan's airspace and left after receiving multiple warnings

💢Since last week, India deploying a large number of troops and equipment in the Tawang region, Chinese border

💢British Ministry of Defense: Russia intends to provide advanced military equipment to Iran in exchange for drones received from Iran.

💢Centcom: Over the past 48 hours, US central command forces conducted three helicopter raids in estern syria resulting in the detention of six ISIS operatives, including al-zubaydi, an islamic state syria province senior official involved in the planning and facilitation of ISIS attacks in syria. Extensive planning went into these operations to ensure their successful execution. Initial assessments indicate no civilians were killed or injured. These partnered operations reaffirm CENTCOM's steadfast commitment to the region and the enduring defeat of ISIS, said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, centcom commander. The capture of these ISIS operatives will disrupt the terrorist organization's ability to further plot and carry out destabilizing attacks.

📝Russian army will use the winter snow cover to deceive the Ukrainian forces, currently the main problem Russia is the NATO military satellites that monitor the movements of the Russian forces every hour, attack from Belarus to Ukraine is certain. Russian army is more dangerous in the winter, if Ukrainians can resist this season, they have done a great job.The snow camouflage uniforms are very important for the Ukrainian forces, I don't know if they were sent them or not

💢Today, Russian army moved a large number of tanks and armored vehicles to southern Belarus by railroad

💢French President Emmanuel Macron says was sent the Crotal short-range surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine.

💢Zelensky will travel to Washington in a few hours to meet with American officials.

💢British Ministry of Defence: Over the last week, Russian military and Wagner proxy forces have made small advances on the eastern edge of the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut. Russian infantry likely now has a foothold in the eastern industrial areas of the town, and at times has advanced into the residential district of the city. Street fighting is ongoing. Intense combat has occurred in the Bakhmut sector since June 2022, but the front lines have primarily been in open country around the eastern approaches to the town. The war has seen little protracted, large-scale fighting in built up areas (FIBUA) since the Russian advances into Lysychansk and Siverodonetsk in July 2022. With FIBUA demanding highly trained infantry with excellent junior level leadership, this type of combat is unlikely to favour poorly trained Wagner fighters and the Russian army's mobilised reservists.

💢Four Chinese military aircraft violated Taiwan's airspace