"Unknown drone activity forced one of the U.S.'s most critical military installations to shut down for several hours late Friday evening and Saturday morning, officials confirmed.
The incident prompted heightened security measures and temporarily halted operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
Home to the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson is one of the largest and most strategically important bases in the U.S., tasked with advanced research, intelligence, and operations.
In audio recordings by the Air Force Base air traffic control, which were shared online, an operator can be heard saying they are diverting 'over base' air traffic due to 'heavy unknown UAS [unmanned aircraft system] activity', adding to 'use extreme caution' as Wright-Patterson is 'now closed.'" Newsweek
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Ukrainian saboteurs have been apprehended
in Slovakia while in possession of maps outlining the country’s gas infrastructure.
Putin said the Ukrainian saboteurs had engaged in terrorist activities within Russia and now they are doing it in European countries." RT
"The nuclear threat level is rising globally, but there is no need to scare people with talk of World War Three, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.During an interview published by Russia 1 TV journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday, Putin was asked if the extensive involvement of the US in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine meant that WWIII has already begun.
“You know, one should not scare people,” the president replied. However, he added that “there are many dangers, and they keep increasing.”
“We see what our current opponents are doing. They are escalating the situation,” Putin said after Zarubin mentioned plans by the administration of US President Joe Biden to drastically increase the amount of weapons deliveries to Ukraine during his final weeks in office." RT
"A total of 100 combat engagements have already been reported along the frontlines of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Kharkiv axis: the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units once. A battle is underway near Kozacha Lopan.Kupiansk axis: Russian invaders attacked Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the Petropavlivka area, where they were held back.
Lyman axis: the invading army performed 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Zelenyi Hai, Hrekivka, Terny, and Ivanivka. Nine battles are still in progress. The enemy launched airstrikes on Ivanivka and Yampolivka involving KAB glide bombs, and hit the settlement of Nadiia with unguided missiles. Ukrainian soldiers are holding their defenses, inflicting losses on the enemy force.
Siversk axis: the invaders keep looking for the weaker spots in Ukraine’s defenses near Verkhniokamianske and Bilohorivka. Since the beginning of the day, two futile enemy assaults have taken place here. The enemy dropped five guided bombs on Siversk.
Kramatorsk axis: since day-start, Russian wearplanes have hit Markove, Kostiantynivka and Chasiv Yar with KABs. Ukrainian defenders are repelling two enemy attacks in the Stupochky direction.
Toretsk axis: the aggressor has tried to penetrate Ukraine’s defenses four times in the areas of Toretsk and Druzhba. The enemy is actively employing aviation. They launched KAB bombs at Romanivka and Katerynivka.
Pokrovsk axis: Russian invaders made 15 attempts to dislodge Ukraine’s defenders from their positions in the areas of Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novyi Trud, Dachenske, and Novovasylivka. Ukraine’s defense forces are holding back the onslaught, having repelled seven attacks. Eight clashes are still ongoing. Oleksandropil, Pokrovsk, Lysivka, Sukhyi Yar, Udachne, and Zvirove were subjected to Russian bombardments.
Kurakhove axis: the enemy attacked nine times near Stari Terny, Kurakhove, and Dachne. Seven attempts by the invaders to advance have already been repelled.
Vremivka axis: 26 enemy attacks near Uspenivka, Yantarne, Novosilka, Blahodatne, and in the direction of Rozlyv and Odradne. The enemy is most active in the area of Kostiantynopilske, where 14 clashes have been reported. Three battles are still ongoing. The aggressor launched an airstrike on Temyrivka, dropping a KAB glide bomb.
Orikhiv axis: the occupation forces stormed Ukrainian positions near Novoandriivka and Piatykhatky six times. One clash is ongoing.
Kursk axis: Ukrainian defenders are repelling 19 enemy attacks. In total, the invaders have carried out 32 assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops since day-start." Ukrin
"The US Navy inadvertently shot down its own F/A-18 fighter jet in a friendly fire incident over the Red Sea, the Pentagon announced shortly after issuing a press release about another successful bombing raid against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The F/A-18 was shot down by the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed early Sunday morning. The two Navy pilots were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely." RT
"A startling and unsettling story appeared today — a story that was immediately amplified when the Drudge Report posted it: “A dark web ‘hitman’ is promising to kill Trump — if he raises $30,000 in crypto.”
Two weeks ago, a website went up on the dark web entitled “Destroy Trump.” It included an image of the president-elect with a red “X” over his face. Chillingly, the would-be assassin claims to have already raised $13,245. That leaves him less than $17,000 from his goal.
The Daily Dot also claimed that it reached out to the Secret Service and asked if anyone in the federal government was aware of the threat. But the Secret Service is still under the direction of the Biden-Harris administration, so naturally, nobody bothered responding to the inquiry.
The prior conduct of the Secret Service doesn’t exactly inspire confidence." PJMedia
"On Friday we featured a tongue-in-cheek headline, but which is sadly all too literal and true: Syrian Leader With $10M Bounty On His Head Meets With Delegation From Country That Put The $10M Bounty On His Head.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf led the delegation along with Daniel Rubenstein, who is expected to stay in Damascus as America's top diplomat there, as they met with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani in Damascus." ZH
"Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 600 miles from the front line." ZH
"Ukrainian forces engaged in 211 combat clashes with Russian invaders with the largest number of skirmishes recorded in the Kursk, Pokrovsk, Vremivka, and Kurakhove sectors.
In the Kharkiv sector, one combat clash with Russian invaders was recorded in the Vovchansk area.In the Kupiansk sector, the invaders carried out 11 attacks near Kucherivka, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Zahryzove, and Lozova.
In the Lyman sector, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions 16 times near Yampolivka, Terny, Novoserhiivka, Zelenyi Hai, Ivanivka, Torske, Hryhorivka, and Serebryanskyi Forest.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy made six attempts to advance near Chasiv Yar.
In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 11 enemy assaults near Toretsk and Leonidivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 46 enemy attacks, including near Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novyi Trud, Dachenske, Vovkove, Pishchane, Novovasylivka, Novoielyzavetivka, Novooleksiivka, and Ukrainka. The invaders actively used attack and bomber aircraft.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 24 attacks, with heavy fighting near Sontsivka, Stari Terny, Andriivka, Kurakhove, Dachne, Dalnie, Kostiantynopolske, and Kostiantynopol.
In the Vremivka sector, the enemy launched 36 assaults near Uspenivka, Dalnie, Yantarne, Rozlyv, Bohatyr, Velyka Novosilka, Makarivka, Novosilka, Novopil, and Novodarivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, Russian forces launched one attack on Ukrainian positions near Mala Tokmachka.
Over the past day, the Russian army carried out airstrikes in the Dnipro River sector. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers repelled four attacks by Russian invaders.
Fifty combat clashes were recorded in the Kursk sector, with the enemy launching nine airstrikes with 11 guided aerial bombs and firing more than 400 artillery shells on Ukrainian positions." Ukrin
"Ukrainian forces downed 57 Russian drones overnight while another 56 failed to reach theirtargets, likely due to electronic jamming. Russia attacked Ukraine with an S-400 anti-aircraft guided missile fired from the temporarily captured territory of the Donetsk region at the Poltava region (preliminarily causing no damage) and 113 Shahed strike drones and other UAVs launched from Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and the temporarily occupied city of Berdiansk." Ukrin
"AP reports that at least two people are dead and at least 60 injured in what authorities suspect was an attack.The driver of the car was arrested shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was busy with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend.
The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006, Saxony-Anhalt’s interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, said at a news conference.
Government spokesman Matthias Schuppe told German media outlet WELT that the car-ramming incident at a Christmas market in Magdeburg "was an attack." City spokesman Michael Reif stated that initial reports suggested it was an "attack on the Christmas market."
Security sources told the outlet that the male driver is of Saudi Arabian origin and was born in 1974.
Elon Musk called for the resignation of Chancellor Olaf Scholz: "Scholz should resign immediately. Incompetent fool."
"A state of emergency currently prevails at the Magdeburg Christmas market. According to eyewitnesses, numerous people fled the market area in panic. A vehicle is said to have driven into the crowd," Epoch Times Deutsche reported." ZH
"Russia’s Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with US President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities....Putin dismissed an assertion that Russia was in a weak position, saying that Russia had got much stronger since he ordered troops into Ukraine in 2022." France24
"According to preliminary information, a total of 8 Iskander short-range ballistic missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles were launched by the enemy shortly after the Ukrainian Air Force issued an air-raid alert at 6:40 am EET in response to the takeoff of the Russian MiG-31K jet.
Numerous explosions followed by fires from the debris of intercepted missiles were reported by residents of Holosiivskyi, Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts." NV
"The Kremlin on Thursday revealed that the day prior Ukraine's military launched six US-made long-range ATACMs missiles and four British-made Storm Shadow missiles against Russian territory.
The projectiles targeted the southern Rostov region, with Russia's military saying its anti-air defense systems were able to intercept all four ATACMS missiles and three of the four Storm Shadows...., during President Putin's year-end Q&A session with journalists, Putin warned that more Oreshnik missiles could be used, emphasizing that there is no defense against them." ZH
"191 combat clashes occurred between Ukraine's Defense Forces and the Russian invaders.
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions but actively used aviation.In the Kupiansk sector, there were 10 Russian attacks. Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled assaults near Lozova, Zahryzove, and Kolisnykivka.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 17 times, attempting to breach defenses near Tverdokhlibove, Zelenyi Hai, Terny, and the Serebrianskyi forest.
In the Siversk sector, the Russian forces conducted offensive actions near Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, and Verkhniokamianske, with nine attacks repelled. Aviation was actively used.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the invaders launched one attack near Chasiv Yar.
In the Toretsk sector, there were 12 attacks near Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders halted 32 Russian assaults towards settlements such as Sukha Balka, Myroliubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Dachenske, Solone, Novyi Trud, Zelene, and Novovasylivka.
In the Kurakhove sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 18 Russian attacks. The enemy's main focus was advancing near Sontsivka, Stari Terny, Andriivka, Kurakhove, and Dachne.
In the Vremivka sector, the enemy launched 23 assaults in areas such as Uspenivka, Kostiantynopilske, Blahodatne, Neskuchne, and Novodarivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, the Russian troops made one assault on Defense Forces' positions near Novodanylivka.
In the Prydniprovsk sector, four enemy offensive actions were successfully repelled.
In the Huliaipole sector, no active operations by Russian forces were reported.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, No signs of enemy assault group formation were detected." Ukrin
