Thursday, December 14, 2023

Missile fired from rebel-controlled Yemen misses a container ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait

"A missile fired from territory controlled by Houthi rebels in Yemen missed a container ship traveling
through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait....The attack saw the missile splash harmlessly in the water near the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship that had been traveling from Salalah,
Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia." AP

Russian paratroopers suffer huge losses near Krynky in Kherson Oblast

"Adivision of
Russian paratroopers suffered extremely heavy losses while attempting to knock out Ukrainian forces near the village of Krynky on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. The operation took place after the division joined Russia’s Dnipro Group of Forces and its attempt to dislodge the Ukrainian bridgehead near the village of Krynky on the east bank of the Dnipro." MS

South Korea deploys jets as Chinese, Russian aircraft enter its defense zone



"South Korea's military has announced the deployment of fighter jets in response to the unannounced entry of Chinese and Russian military planes into its Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) over the Sea of Japan...... four Russian and two Chinese aircraft crossed into the KADIZ over the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, between 11:53 am (02:53 GMT) and 12:10 pm (03:10 GMT)." MS

Swedish Mercenary Fighting on Ukraine's Side Killed in Conflict Zone

"The Swede died in battles in Ukraine. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed... that the man is about 30 years old and a native of Svealand." Sputnik