🇺🇸🇻🇪The new Trump administration wants regime change in Venezuela, Axios reports, citing an adviser to the president-elect.

"But regime change does not necessarily mean military action, Trump advisers say," the article says.

“We would have no problem with Maduro being next to Assad in Moscow,” a Trump adviser involved in foreign policy discussions told Axios.

The publication recalls that candidate for Secretary of State Rubio stated at a hearing in the US Congress that Venezuela is "run by an organization involved in drug trafficking."

Venezuela is also helping Iran build drones, Rubio reported.

🇺🇸🇨🇳Donald Trump, who will take office as US President on January 20, plans to visit China, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

According to the newspaper's sources, Trump's visit could take place within the first 100 days after the inauguration.

🇷🇸Vucic says the West is involved in attempts to stage a "color revolution" in Serbia

The Serbian president claims that foreign agents, through their connections, conveyed calls to students to go out and block traffic.

Vucic stressed that Serbia will “wait until the last moment, be patient as long as possible.”

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️The Russian Defense Ministry reported taking control of the settlement of Vozdvizhenka in the DPR

🇷🇺🇺🇦There, Ukrainian publics are worried that Russian troops are less than 5 km away from the borders of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

🇮🇱🇵🇸As of now, a ceasefire agreement has been reached between Hamas and Israel.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Today Russian resources reported the liberation of Kotlino in the Pokrovsk direction.

This information is now confirmed by the Ukrainian military, who claim that before retreating they blew up the mine shafts.

Beyond Kotlino there is a highway along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Pokrovsk and in this direction is supplied. It is about 4 km away, Kotlino was the last populated area before the highway.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Significant movements are reported in the northern part of Chasov Yar.

Our troops are also fighting for a block of multi-story buildings next to a fireproof plant. There is also progress in the forest area near the city, where the enemy's defenses have also been pushed back a little.

It is too early to talk about a complete collapse of the enemy's defense, but in recent weeks there has been noticeable progress in the city. The liberation of Chasov Yar will be a harbinger of the battles for the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.

🇸🇰🇺🇦Slovak Prime Minister Fico said he intends to veto further financial aid to Ukraine in the EU.

This is how he responded to Zelensky’s response to the proposal to meet in Davos to discuss gas transit.

Zelensky, we recall, said that it was “impossible to plan anything” with Fico, since he “may go to Davos, but end up somewhere in Sochi.”

"Zelensky believes that everyone should be his servant. In my case, the scythe met the stone. I am inclined to veto further European financial aid to Kyiv," Fico said.