🇮🇱🇸🇾The Israeli Air Force struck an ammunition depot and base of the 23rd Air Defense Brigade of the former Syrian army in the province of Tartus.

🇬🇪The new president of Georgia, who was just elected, having thrown out a French citizen from the cabinet, declared that Georgia will not join the EU, abandoning its values.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ Russian troops have liberated the large settlement of Shevchenko, which is located just a few kilometers from Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) , said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

🇷🇺The FSB in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug detained two migrants from Central Asian countries, who were found to have explosives, an arsenal for making weapons, and items for changing their appearance.

According to investigators, the suspects arrived in Noyabrsk in August to work at a construction site. During the searches, explosives, components of ammunition for rifled weapons, a laser sight, 27 SIM cards from various telecom operators, three bank cards and three cell phones, a laptop, as well as various items for changing appearance were found and seized.

They intended to carry out a mass terrorist attack like in Crocus...

🇷🇺🇸🇾A Ka-52 attack aircraft escorts an Il-76MD during takeoff from the Khmeimim airbase. The new Syrian authorities are watching closely from the sidelines.

🇷🇺❗️ Putin speaks at the Russian Defense Ministry board meeting

Statements by the President so far:

— The West is driving Russia to the red line, and Moscow cannot help but respond to this

— 189 settlements liberated in 2024

— The West has only one stable rule: no rules.

— The number of American troops in Europe has exceeded 100 thousand people

— If the US starts deploying medium-range missiles, Russia will abandon voluntary restrictions in this area

— Russia will lift its voluntary restrictions on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles if the United States begins to deploy such systems

— Putin ordered to continue the practice of exercises and keep non-strategic nuclear forces in constant readiness

— Serial production of "Oreshnik" will begin in the near future

🇷🇺❗️ Every day more than 1,000 people enlist in the military under contract. People voluntarily go to the front - Putin

🇷🇺⚡️ Belousov said that the Russian Defense Ministry must be prepared for any development of the situation, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade

According to him, the decisions at the alliance summit and doctrinal documents indicate that such a conflict is possible.

Other statements:

— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 560,000 people in 2024

— In total, during the Second Military Operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 1 million people, and during the “Kursk adventure” — 40 thousand

— The speed of advancement of Russian troops is currently on average about 30 square kilometers per day

— In 2024, Russian troops liberated almost 4.5 thousand square kilometers of territory occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

— Over 427 thousand people have entered the military under contract since the beginning of 2024

— Compared to 2022, the Russian military will receive 7 times more tanks, 3 times more infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and 23 times more drones

— In the special operation zone, over 58 thousand units of weapons and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in 2024, including 18 thousand of foreign manufacture

— Russian air defense shot down 86 Storm Shadow and Scalp missiles, 215 ATACMS, 1,629 HIMARS projectiles, and more than 27,000 drones in 2024

— The US will modernize all components of the nuclear triad by 2030 and create new nuclear warheads