Ukrainian brigade devastated by Russian attacks Toretsk

"Soldiers from Ukraine’s 42nd Independent Mechanized Brigade shared video footage on Dec. 10 from Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, where intense fighting continues.

Despite the devastation, some residents remain in the ruined city, refusing evacuation. The brigade reported that Russian aerial bombs and artillery have nearly wiped Toretsk off the map." NV

Russian Forces Liberate Zheltoye Settlement in Donetsk Region

"Units of the Russian Battlegroup Tsentr have liberated the settlement of Zheltoye in the Donetsk People's Republic." Sputnik

Pilot shortage in Ukraine impacts U.S. F-16 training schedule

"The United States is prepared to expand training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets but has yet to activate the program due to what it calls a "lack of contingent in Ukraine," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a U.S. defense forum." NV

US-backed and Turkish-backed forces agree on truce

"The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) have reached a ceasefire after days of fighting for the control of the northern city of Manbij, top SDF commander, Mazloum Abdi, has announced." RT

Russians shelled Sumy region 38 times during day

"During the day, the army of the Russian Federation fired 38 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, 88 explosions were recorded.....Khotyn, Myropilia, Krasnopilia, Bilopilia, Velykopysariv, Shalyhyne, and Seredyno-Bud communities were shelled." Ukrin

180 Dead: Haitian Warlord Orders Massacre Of Elderly For Using 'Sorcery' To Sicken Son

"Yet another gruesome gang horror has played out in Haiti, as at least 184 people -- most of them elderly -- were variously slashed, hacked or shot to death on the orders of a warlord who'd been advised that aging slum residents had used sorcery to give his son a severe illness. Interim Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé called it “a barbaric act of unbearable cruelty.”

The brutality was reportedly ordered by Monel "Mikano" Felix, who leads the Wharf Jeremie gang. The carnage took place on Friday and Saturday in the densely-populated seaside slum of Cité Soleil, a neighborhood in the capital city of Port-au-Prince which The Guardian has called Haiti's "most notorious slum...Much of the slum is an open sewer...infant children bathe in water contaminated with sewage. The stench is unbearable."
Felix's son had contracted a serious illness, and he sought the counsel of a Voodoo priest, or "bòkò," who advised the murderous warlord that elderly people in the gang's area of operations were harming his son through the use of witchcraft. “He decided to cruelly punish all the elderly people and Vodou practitioners who, in his imagination, might be capable of sending an evil spell to his son,” said Haiti's Committee for Peace and Development in a statement reported by the Haitian Times.
Members of the gang surrounded the neighborhood, then proceeded to search the shacks for people over 60 years old, who were then hacked with machetes, slashed with knives and shot with guns. The victims included some younger people who tried to defend the gang's elderly targets. Bodies were dragged into the streets where they were mutilated and torched, filling the neighborhood with a foul stench of death. Felix's ailing son died as the massacre was being carried out." ZeroHedge.

Russia’s FSB arrests German neo-Nazi over sabotage plot

"Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a man accused of planning to blow up a railway near the city of Nizhny Novgorod on the instructions of Ukrainian special services.

The 21-year-old, a citizen of Russia and Germany, was arrested during a search for adherents of neo-Nazi ideology in the city, according to the FSB, which said it had uncovered and detained a whole group of young people involved in committing “common crimes.” RT

Israel bombs Syrian Navy ships

"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced strikes on Syria’s naval assets, capitalizing on the fall of Damascus to armed opposition groups and the toppling of the government of Bashar Assad.

Israeli warships fired missiles at the ports of Latakia and Al-Bayda over the past 48 hours, the IDF said on Tuesday evening. The army said that 15 Syrian naval vessels were docked at the ports during the attacks." RT

64% of Ukrainians reject talks with Russia without Western security guarantees

"Sixty-four percent of Ukrainians oppose negotiations with Russia without Western security guarantees, according to a poll by INFO SAPIENS LLC for the Center for New Europe. At the same time, about 30% of respondents support negotiations under any circumstances, believing that Ukraine does not have the resources for a war of attrition. The strongest support for negotiations comes from the 30–39 age group (nearly 40%)." NV