Russia shells Sumy region with artillery

"Esman community: artillery shelling (26 explosions) and MLRS attacks (15 explosions). As a result of the shelling, a civilian resident of the village of Esman was injured. He was taken to the medical facility. The Russians also fired with mortars (4 explosions)." Ukrin

UK Wants to Build Mini-Nuke Plants in Ukraine

"Ukraine can decentralize its power supply network by building a series of “mini nuclear power plants”, British engineering giant Rolls Royce believes.

Rolls Royce is exploring rolling out its proposed Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to Ukraine, using the technology to convert former coal-fired power stations to nuclear. While the British SMR concept of cheaper, smaller reactors has yet to be proven in practice, Rolls Royce hopes to be also to roll out the power stations quickly and at a cheaper energy-unit cost than conventional, larger stations and is attempting to build SMRs for the British government as part of the rush to ‘net zero’." Breitbart

Dozens Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators 'Take' US Capitol Again

"A pro-Palestinian demonstration took place on Tuesday at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, where about 60 demonstrators were ultimately put in handcuffs and whisked away by police for not complying with orders to vacate." Sputnik

Food donated to IDF soldiers is making them sick

"IDF soldiers have been experiencing an uptick in intestinal diseases likely caused by some of the food donations sent to the troops on the front lines, an Israeli health official said.

"Since the war with Hamas began, soldiers have been receiving food donations, but unfortunately, there has been a concerning rise in intestinal diseases, likely caused by inadequate sanitation of some of the food. Additionally, many of the packages sent to soldiers contain ultra-processed foods such as cookies and salty snacks," warned Shir Alfi, a senior dietitian at Clalit Health Services." MS

US Army Facing 'TikTok Mutiny' as Soft Recruits Can't Handle Basic Soldiering

"The Army is facing a major recruitment shortfall, projecting it will sign up just 50,000 new

soldiers in 2023 -- 15,000 fewer than its target of 65,000, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
The Navy and Air Force are confronting similar grim outlooks, expecting to miss their enrollment goals by 10,000 and 10 percent, respectively. This crisis highlights the military's profound failure to attract Generation Z. A flood of TikTok videos by Gen Z service members might give us further insight into why the numbers have dropped so drastically.
The videos trash life in the military and whine about the lack of sleep and the quality of the food. The Daily Mail described them as a "TikTok mutiny."
A clip posted in 2020 by Anthony Laster, who has over 950,000 followers, said the Army had "No Privacy, The Pay Sucks, S***ty Food, Disrespectful Leadership, NO SLEEP!" WJ

Hamas financier behind ‘tens of millions’ in funding killed

"Israel has claimed to have killed a prominent Hamas financier behind “tens of millions” of funding for the terror group.
Subhi Ferwana was killed by a fighter jet in an airstrike in Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) said in a joint statement." Telegraph

Gaza Hospital Boss Admits He’s a Hamas Commander, Used Medical Facility as Terror Base

"Ahmed al-Kahlout, the manager of the Kamel Adnan Hospital in northern Gaza, admitted during an interrogation with Israeli security forces that Hamas used the medical facilities to advance its military operations.
“I know 16 employees in the hospital — doctors, nurses, paramedics and clerks — who also have different positions in the Qassam Brigades,” Kahlout told Israel’s Shin Bet in a video clip released on Tuesday afternoon, referring to the military of Hamas. “They hide in hospitals because, for them, a hospital is a safe place.”
Kahlout, whose hospital is located in the Jabaliya neighborhood of northern Gaza, explained to Israeli security officials, “They [Hamas] won’t be targeted when they are inside a hospital.” BI

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Warns U.S. of Possible Nuclear Attack

"North Korea revealed through the KCNA that it conducted a launch exercise of the solid-fuel ICBM Hwasong-18 on the 18th. While observing the exercise, Kim Jong Un emphasized, “When Washington makes a wrong decision against us, we are ready for any action and have clearly shown what choices we can make.” He threatened that he could attack the U.S. mainland with nuclear weapons in case of a similar situation." MS

No, Ukraine Is Not Starting To Lose The War, Says An Agitated Zelensky

"Zelensky was generally described as agitated at various points in an end-of-year Q&A

session he gave Tuesday before an international press pool in Kyiv. At one point he responded flatly to a BBC reporter's question about whether he thinks Ukraine is beginning to lose the war with a curt "no". Here's how things went from near the start of the presser:
Next Zelensky is asked a series of seemingly complex questions on domestic politics, one of which is about the possible creation of a government of national unity which would include technocrats - unelected leaders who are picked for their expertise.
The president seems visibly irritated by the questions and keeps shaking his head and frowning, saying they are too long and confusing.
"You’re talking too much," he says, "I want you to ask a specific question."
And yet despite everyone knowing the proverbial writing is on the wall, and that Ukraine has made no gains and his already running out of ammo, with US funding set to dry up by December 30, Zelensky reiterated his refusal to negotiate, and to press on with his aim of seeing Ukraine return to its pre-2014 borders." ZH