"A report indicates that authorities in South Texas arrested a Russian mercenary who had crossed the border illegally from Mexico.
The case took place over the weekend in the border city of Roma, Texas, when U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Timur Praliev, a Kazakhstan national who had been a member of the private military company Wagner Group, court documents revealed." Breitbart
"The regimes of Iran and Venezuela signed a deal for the establishment of an Iranian drone development facility in Venezuela. Iran has established a drone development base at the El Libertador air base, located in the central-Venezuelan city of Maracay, where training for Venezuelan military personnel is also being carried out." Breitbart
"Police are investigating suspected sabotage after persons unknown attempted to access the water treatment plant at a German NATO airbase in Cologne, the third time such a thing has happened in recent months.
A fence was torn down at the Luftwaffe base attached to Cologne Airport, with an alleged intruder attempting to gain access to the water treatment plant room and a radio tower. A metal barrier was forced to gain access to climb the radio mast, apparently unsuccessfully. The attempt to gain access to the water plant was also foiled by the strength of the door, it is stated." Breitbart
"NATO is strengthening its military presence in the Baltic Sea in response to the Christmas Day severing of the Estlink 2 electricity cable and four telecom cables linking Finland and Estonia.A month prior to that incident, in November, two other submarine telecommunication cables, the BCS East-West Interlink and C-Lion1 fiber-optic cables, were damaged.
Soon after the alleged sabotage the West charged that a Russian 'shadow ship' intentionally dragged its anchor on the sea bed in order to damage the vital telecoms links. The vessel in Finnish custody is the Cook Islands-flagged Eagle S.
Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen announced that the NATO military alliance is sending "two vessels and we are also increasing other activities and presence in the area." ZeroHedge
"Throughout the day, Russians conducted 29 shelling attacks of border territories and settlements in Sumy region. A total of 57 explosions were recorded. Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Velykopysarivka, Esman, and Shalyhyne communities came under fire." Ukrin
"157 combat clashes, with the enemy carrying out 11 airstrikes and one missile attack. They used 20 guided aerial bombs and one missile, deployed 751 kamikaze drones, and conducted nearly 4,000 artillery and mortar shellings of settlements and Ukrainian military positions.
In the Kharkiv sector, the Russian invaders unsuccessfully attempted to storm the Ukrainian positions and advance toward Kozacha Lopan.Sixteen times, the enemy attacked the Ukrainian fortifications in the Kupiansk sector, in the areas of Holubivka, Synkivka, Stepanova Novoselivka, and Zahryzove; three clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Siversk sector, the enemy attempted once to push the Ukrainian defenders out of their positions near Bilohorivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupiers carried out 22 attacks on the Ukrainian positions near Chasiv Yar and Stupochky, with ongoing fighting in several locations.
In the Toretsk sector, the enemy launched six assaults on the Ukrainian defenders' positions in the areas of Toretsk and Dyliivka, with one clash still ongoing.
With the support of bomber aviation, the enemy is attacking the Ukrainian positions in the Pokrovsk sector. Throughout the day, the enemy carried out 63 offensive actions. The heaviest activity of the Russian invaders remains in the areas of Baranivka, Yelyzavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novyi Trud, Zvirivka, Novoandriivka, Uspenivka, Sloviansk, and Kostiantynopil. The Ukrainian defenders are bravely holding the lines, having repelled 52 enemy attacks, with 11 clashes still ongoing. Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka have been hit by guided aerial bombs.
According to preliminary estimates,the Ukrainian forces killed 189 and wounded 188 invaders today. One tank, two armored personnel carriers, three vehicles, and a Russian UAV antenna were destroyed. Additionally, two vehicles were damaged.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked the Ukrainian positions five times in the areas of Novosilka and Velyka Novosilka throughout the day.
In the Prydniprovske sector, two enemy assaults were unsuccessful.
In the Kursk sector, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 enemy assaults, one clash continues." Ukrin
