"The Israeli military launched a major attack on the capital of Beirut, in what later announced as another targeted strikes on top Hezbollah leadership.
The Israeli military (IDF) announced that it "eliminated" Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai, after Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported that two missiles were fired at an apartment building on al-Arid Street in Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Dahiyeh." ZH
"President Donald Trump has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky can “continue to fight his little heart out” should he refuse the proposed peace plan to settle the conflict with Russia." RT
"Dutch forces attempted to shoot down mysterious drones spotted near the Volkel Air Base in
the Netherlands, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced."Last night, drones were spotted above Volkel Air Base," Brekelmans wrote on X. "Weapons were deployed from the ground to shoot them down. The drones left and have not (yet) been found."
The incident is currently under investigation, Brekelmans said.
The Volker Air Base houses U.S. nuclear weapons and Dutch F-35 fighter jets. It is not the first military base in Europe with an American nuclear arsenal to be plagued by suspicious drones in recent weeks: Drones were sighted near Belgium's Kleine Brogel Air Base for three nights in a row between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2.
In response, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said that the sightings appeared to be part of an espionage operation." KI
"The Russian forces have taken control of the Petropavlovka settlement in Kharkov region.
Russia's Zapad battlegroup has taken control of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region and continues to destroy encircled Ukrainian troops on the left bank of the Oskil River, the Russian Ministry of Defense said." Sputnik
"Ukrainian businessmen Tymur Mindich and Oleksandr Zukerman, both implicated in the Midas corruption case tied to the energy sector, have been declared wanted by Ukrainian authorities, according to information posted on the website of the Interior Ministry.
The men are listed under the section titled “Persons hiding from pretrial investigation authorities.” According to the site, both have been considered missing since Nov. 20, 2025.
The search was initiated by the Central Office of Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU)." NV
"U.S. and NATO naval forces are conducting large-scale joint exercises off the coast of Italy,rehearsing possible scenarios for direct confrontation with Russia.
The drills, part of the Neptune Strike exercise series, feature the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and 26 American F‑35 fighter jets.
The participating countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, Poland, TΓΌrkey, and five other NATO members. According to CBS, the forces are training for long-range strike operations along NATO’s eastern flank." NV
"A strong magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, around noon at 12.41 pm local time (GMT -6). The quake had a very shallow depth of 8 km (5 mi) and was felt widely in the area. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"162 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
There were 19 combat clashes in the Northern Slobozhanshcyna and Kursk sectors. In addition, the enemy carried out one airstrike, dropped three guided bombs, and carried out 148 shellings, including two with MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the Defense Forces repelled four attacks by the invaders near Vovchansk, Lyman, and Synelnykove.Seven attacks by the occupiers took place in the Kupiansk sector. The Defense Forces stopped the invaders' assault operations in the areas of Pishchane, Petropavlivka, and Kupiansk.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy launched two attacks, attempting to advance near Novoselivka.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian fighters repelled ten assaults by the invading forces in the areas of Serebrianka, Siversk, Sviato-Pokrovske, Pazeno, and Dronivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the defenders successfully repelled one enemy assault in the direction of Kostiantynivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the areas of Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, Shcherbynivka, Yablunivka, Ivanopillia, Stepanivka, and in the direction of Mykolaipillia.
In the Pokrovsk sector, there were 40 combat clashes near Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Myrnohrad, Nykanorivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novopidhorodne, Pokrovsk, Rivne, Zvirove, Novopavlivka, Molodetske, Dachne, and Filiia.
In the Oleksandrohard sector, the Defense Forces stopped 16 enemy attempts to break through the defensive lines in the areas of the settlements of Sosnivka, Verbove, Pryvilne, Berezove, Stepove, Krasnohirske, Oleksiivka, Yehorivka, and Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 18 attacks by the occupiers near the settlements of Yablukove, Zatyshshia, Varvarivka, Pryluky, Huliaipole, Malynivka, and Vysoke.
In the Orikhiv sector, the enemy made three attempts to advance on the positions of our units in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Prymorske, and Stepnohirsk.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the aggressor made three unsuccessful attempts to approach the positions of Ukrainian units near the Antonivskyi Bridge." Ukrin
