Romania sounds air raid alerts as Russian drone debris poses danger

"Romania issued an air raid alert for the second consecutive night due to the risk of debris from downed Russian drones following attacks on the border regions of Odesa Oblast. Residents of Romania's Tulcea County received RO-Alert notifications warning of potential debris from downed drones." NV

Putin, Assad Meet in Kremlin, Discuss Worsening Regional Situation Affecting Syria

"Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, suggested discussing the situation in the region, noting that it is showing a tendency to escalate, which also affects Syria." Sputnik

These NATO States Are Embracing Conscription, Eyeing Future War With Russia

"Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has insisted, “Today, we have 500,000 troops on high readiness, combat-ready battlegroups in the eastern part of the Alliance for the first time.” But the bloc is struggling to meet its goals of assembling 300,000 soldiers prepared to be activated within a month and another half a million in six months. There is also a

question of whether the bloc can filed a military fit for a protracted war akin to the Ukraine conflict.
This year, for the first time since it was abolished in 2006, Latvia reimplemented its draft. Male citizens are subject to conscription within a year of turning 18 years old. Additionally, Norway has unveiled a long-term plan to increase its ranks of mandatorily conscripted troops, employees, and reservists by 20,000 as well as double the military budget. In 2015, Lithuania brought back mandatory military service in 2015, each year drafting 3,500 to 4,000 men between the ages of 18-26 for a nine-month period. Although the Finnish Defense Forces employ only 13,000 people during peacetime, Helsinki claims it has the ability to activate over 900,000 reservists with 280,000 combat-ready troops. Sweden conscripts both men and women, Stockholm drafted 7,000 its citizens and the military expects to conscript 8,000 next year. The Swedes have had conscription since 1901." ZH

Kiev Mayor Klitschko Speculated That Zelensky Might Agree To Territorial Compromises With Russia

"Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko, who’s emerged as one of Zelensky’s top rivals over the past

year, speculated in an interview with Italy’s Corriere Della Serra over the weekend that the Ukrainian leader might agree to territorial compromises with Russia. In his words, “Will he…consider a territorial compromise with Putin?...Zelensky will probably have to resort to a referendum. I don't think he can reach such painful and important agreements on his own without popular legitimacy.” ZH

Ukraine downs 25 of 38 Russian kamikaze drones overnight

"Russia launched at Ukraine a swarm of Shahed-131/136 one-way attack drones. A total of 38 Shaheds were targeting Ukrainian infrastructure facilities in several regions, including in the region of Odesa and in central Ukraine....Air defense forces were activated across Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, and Cherkasy regions." Ukrin

Netanyahu tells Congress ‘Our Fight Is Your Fight’; Thanks Trump in Address

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful speech to a special joint

session of Congress on Wednesday, reminding the chamber that the U.S. has a stake in Israel’s fight against Hamas and Hezbollah terror.
“Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory,” Netanyahu said. He recalled the many attacks by Iran and its proxies against Americans, and noted Iran’s intent to target America after controlling the Middle East. In defending itself, he said, Israel was defending the United States as well." Breitbart