💢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

💢Excavated trenches of the Russian army in the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border

💢Continuation of exercises Belarus and Russia armed forces in Belarus

💢The United States announced a new $1.8 billion military aid package for Ukrainian armed forces, which for first time includes Patriot air defense systems and precision-guided missiles for fighter jets.

💢Tanks and armored vehicles of the Russian army transferred to Belarus

💢Russian military trucks with equipment and ammunition were see in Belarus

💢The body an protesting young girl was discovered in Shahriar, Tehran province. The Islamic terrorist regime identifies and kills protesters

💢United States and South Korean air exercise scheduled for December 22 was canceled due to snow. F-22 fighters returned to their base in Japan

💢Russia intend to deploy new military unit near the border with Finland. This action is related to the request Finland and Sweden to join NATO

💢Putin: Sarmat nuclear intercontinental missiles have been provided to our nuclear forces, and we will provide all kinds of modern weapons to our strategic forces. Nato uses almost all the potential of the Western military alliance against Russia. We prepare our nuclear weapons for war. Zelensky's travel to America does not have good consequences for Ukraine