Ukrainian Adventist Conscientious Objector Serving Three-Year Jail Sentence

"Ukrainian Seventh-day Adventist Dmytro Zelinsky is serving his three-year jail term for

refusing to take up arms in Ukraine's fight against Russia. “The Recruitment Office rejected Zelinsky's written request to be exempted from mobilization on grounds of conscience or to be assigned to alternative civilian service 'due to the fact that such replacement is not provided for by the current legislation,' according to the subsequent court decision,”...An official of Kremenets District Recruitment Office – who did not give his name – refused to explain why it refused Zelinsky's application for alternative civilian service. Zelinsky is preparing a Supreme Court appeal. Courts have handed conscientious objectors three prison sentences (two of them later overturned), nine suspended prison terms, and two acquittals (which prosecutors are challenging). Seven criminal trials continue." Forum18

Ukraine reports 103 combat clashes in past day

"Over the past 24 hours, 103 combat clashes took place. The enemy launched a missile attack and 23 airstrikes, as well as 59 attacks involving multiple rocket launchers, on the positions of Ukrainian troops and at populated areas. Unfortunately, as a result of Russian terrorist

attacks, there are casualties among the civilian population. Residential buildings and other civil infrastructure sustained damage and destruction.
Russian invaders launched another strike, employing seven Shahed-136/131-type one-way attack UAVs. Four drones were intercepted Avdiivka, Orlivka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk region were targeted in Russia’s airstrikes.
More than 110 settlements across Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under enemy artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the situation saw no significant changes.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the Russians maintain their military presence near the border, engaging in subversive activities in order to prevent the Ukrainian military command from maneuvering their forces.
In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Tabaivka, and Berestove of Kharkiv region." Ukrin

Ballistic Missiles May Have Been Used In Huge Strike On US Base In Iraq

"A missile barrage has reportedly struck the Al-Asad Airbase ..... have continued trickling out and are scant, but by all accounts the attack on Al-Asad airbase in Western Iraq, which houses US forces, was a big one. Reuters cites an official who said "the base was hit by ballistic missiles but he left open the possibility it was struck by rockets." This has led to some speculation that ballistic missiles could have been fired on the US outpost from Iranian territory. But Reuters also notes, "Two security sources in Iraq and one government source said the base was hit by multiple rockets fired from inside Iraq." ZH

127 combat engagements took place in frontline over last day

"Over the past day, 127 combat engagements occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders in different frontline areas.Airstrikes hit the following cities: Vovchansk, Mykolaivka, Holubivka, Ivanivka, Kyslivka, and Tabaivka in the Kharkiv region; Serebryanske forestry, Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region; Bohdanivka, Avdiivka,

Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane in the Donetsk region; Robotyne, Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fireIn the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts active sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of our troops to more dangerous areas, and increases the density of minefields along the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Separate Military Unit in the Kupiansk direction, our defenders repelled 18 enemy attacks near the settlements of Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Tabaivka, Berestove in the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, our defenders repelled 15 enemy attacks near Terny, Yampolivka in the Donetsk region, and another eight attacks in Serebryanske forestry and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region." Ukrin

North Korea Tests Exotic Underwater Nuclear Drone, Claims It Can Create "Radioactive Tsunami"

"North Korea says it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, which some analysts have dubbed an 'exotic system' given there's not much known about it, in response to fresh naval exercises involving the United States off the peninsula. The testing of the "Haeil-5-23" system occurred of the country's east coast. Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday warned of "catastrophic consequences" for the US and its "followers", also given the joint naval drills with South Korea also had Japan's participation. Pyongyang has touted the weapon's ability for surprise attacks unleashing mass destruction by generating a "radioactive tsunami" through a large underwater explosion." ZeroHedge

Surrender: Blinken Tells Netanyahu Israel Can’t Defeat Hamas

"Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel cannot defeat Hamas — that there is no “military solution,” and that Israel will have to accept a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu reportedly rejected the idea." Breitbart

Iran Bombs Nuclear-Armed Pakistan, Triggering Diplomatic Crisis

"Nuclear-armed Pakistan on Wednesday warned that Iran will face “serious consequences” for a wanton missile strike on the Balochistan region, which killed several civilians, including children.

The Iranian regime celebrated the attack as its most impressive projection of force to date, comparing the attack to airstrikes conducted by the U.S. and other Western nations against terrorist forces.Pakistan expelled the Iranian ambassador on Wednesday, recalled its own ambassador to Tehran, and said it “reserves the right to respond” in other ways to Iran’s missile attack." Breitbart

Putin dismissed Ukraine’s peace plan

"Putin dismissed Ukraine’s peace plan and said Russia would never give up the territory it

had occupied in Ukraine. The current pattern of the war would lead to an “irreparable blow” to Ukrainian statehood, he insisted in televised comments. Putin said Ukraine’s “so-called peace formulas” entailed “prohibitive demands”. Zelensky’s 10-point peace formula, set to be discussed at the WEF, includes an immediate end to fighting, the withdrawal of all Russian troops and the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity." Breitbart

Houthis Strike Red Sea Ship With Drone On Day US Terror Designation Takes Effect

"Just as the Biden administration has redesignated Yemen's Houthis (or Ansar Allah

movement) a global terrorist organization, the group has again launched an attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, which suffered a direct hit.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a new alert describing an incident 60 nautical miles southeast of Yemen's Aden. The report indicates that "vessel has been hit on the port side by an uncrewed aerial system." ZH

Russian Strike Destroys Building in Kharkov Hosting French Mercenaries

"The Russian military has destroyed a building in Ukraine’s Kharkov that hosted French mercenaries after it launched a precision strike against it." Sputnik

Past 24 hours, 98 combat engagements

"In the past 24 hours, 98 combat engagements were recorded across the front. In total, the enemy launched four missile strikes, 29 airstrikes and 49 attacks using multiple rocket

launchers on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements. Late on January 16, Russian invaders attacked the central part of Kharkiv with missiles. Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian injuries. A hospital, private houses and apartment buildings, and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
Airstrikes were recorded in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region; Orlivka, Avdiivka, Kostiantynivka, Novomykhailivka and Vodiane, Donetsk region; Mala Tokmachka, Preobrazhenka and Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire.

The occupiers launched another aerial attack on Ukraine overnight, using 20 Shahed-136/131 strike drones, with Ukrainian air defense forces shooting down 19 targets." Ukrin

South Africa’s Malema: We Will Arm Hamas When We Take Power

"Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), one of South Africa’s larger opposition parties, has vowed that he will send weapons to the Hamas terrorist organization if his party forms part of his country’s next governing coalition." Breitbart

Freed Israeli Hostage: Israel Women are Being Raped in Captivity

"Freed Israeli hostage Agam Goldstein-Almog told Israel’s Channel 13 on Tuesday that fellow female hostages were raped repeatedly by their Hamas captors in Gaza, and that her own captors threatened to forcibly “marry” her as well." Breitbart

Zelensky Headlines at Davos

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where top officials from the United States, the European Union, China, the Middle East and beyond also will be prominent Tuesday." Breibart

Russia increases number of attacks in Tavria direction using armored vehicles

"In the Tavria operational area, Russia conducted 20 airstrikes, conducted 49 combat engagements, and fired 919 artillery rounds." Ukrin