🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump stated that such an attack by Kiev would affect the US's approach to working with Zelensky," - The Kremlin.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Trump added, “Thank God we didn’t give Zelensky Tomahawks,” and said the incident will affect U.S. policy toward Kiev," - The Kremlin.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan's Defense Ministry reports China breached its territorial waters in four different locations.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is now meeting Secretary of War Hegseth.

🇹🇼 🇨🇳 Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced in its press conference this morning that there is an 8th unannounced warning zone for the PLA's "Justice Mission 2025" drills around Taiwan.

Exercises within this zone will take place 0900 to 1100 on December 30.

📎 Taiwan Security Monitor

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re going to have to knock the hell out of them. But I hear they want to make a deal," - President Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I won't talk about overthrowing the Iranian regime," - President Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Yes, [I will allow Netanyahu to strike Iran] over its ballistic missiles. For Iran's nuclear, even faster," - President Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I learned about the Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's residency from Putin this morning. I was very angry about it," - President Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We'll find out if the Ukrainian attack did take place, I don't know. Putin told me it did," - President Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

🇮🇷⚡- "Iran has influenced the world's military doctrine. They are all now forced to copy our drones," - Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "We hope Iran isn't building up again, I've been reading that they are, using new sites to build up, if they are we will have no choice but to eradicate that build up." - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "If you had a different Prime Minister, you wouldn't have an Israel right now, and if you didn't have a Donald Trump." - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "I've been reading half the people of Gaza would leave if given the opportunity, we're helping Gaza, and Israel is also by the way, we'll see what happens." - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "How close are we to a war with Iran Mr. President?" - Journalist.

"Well I don't want to say that but, Iran may be behaving badly, it hasn't been confirmed but if it's confirmed then the consequences will be very powerful, more powerful then the last time." - President Donald Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "Do you have evidence that Iran is behaving badly?" - Journalist.

"This is just what we hear, but usually where there's smoke there's fire." - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "President Xi didn't tell me about the military exercises around Taiwan, but I don’t believe he’s going to be doing invading. Nothing worries me," - President Trump.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇦🇪⚡- The UAE becomes the first country to condemn Ukraine's alleged large-scale drone attack on Putin's residency.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "On December 29, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed," - SOUTHCOM.