Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin:

The United States risks setting up a “second Vietnam” in Ukraine, which every new American administration will have to deal with.

Aid to Ukraine has fallen to historic lows, Kiel Institute of World Economics reports.

Between August and October 2023, the total value of the new packages is estimated to be just €2.11 billion, the lowest amount since January 2022.

Russian Su-35s fighter jets escort Putin's aircraft on its route from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Saudi Arabia last night.

The UK Ministry of Defence has been told to “get a grip” after blaming an “administrative error” for excluding thousands of drones from the annual update of its equipment inventory.

The MoD only realised it had failed to account for almost all the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) after the Financial Times pointed out that the official statistics detailing its weapon systems and other hardware suggested the British military had just 55 drones.

The 2023 edition of the UK armed forces equipment and formations statistics only listed the two largest types of drones operated by the air force and army, respectively: 10 hunter-killer Reaper aircraft and 45 Watchkeeper surveillance systems.

The document, published in September, states: “There were 55 Unmanned Aircraft Systems as at 1 April 2023, a decrease of 230 since 2022.”

The accompanying spreadsheet has entries for two other types of drones previously operated by the army showing they had been taken out of service in recent years.

Latest Gaza situation map.

Gaza now. Thousands of Gazans are waiting for food outside the UNRA warehouses in Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli airstrike appears to have targeted Hezbollah ammunition depot in southern Lebanon.

The United States has asked Israel not to respond to attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen lest it spark a wider regional conflict, WSJ reports.

The United States told Israel to let the American military deal with the Houthis, the paper reported, citing U.S. and other government officials.

Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis: (Joint presser with Turkish President Erdogan)

We have decided to revitalize relations with Türkiye. We will support Türkiye in its EU accession process.

We have just signed the declaration of good neighborliness. 7-day tourist visa for Turkish citizens for 10 islands to be reinstated.

I believe we have reached the end of hostile relations between us. Two bordering countries have to act side by side and together. We have to create a beautiful future.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We want to turn the Aegean into a basin of peace.

It is our wish to resolve our current problems through constructive dialogue, good neighborliness and joint efforts within the framework of international law.

There are disagreements even between two brothers. The issue is the will to resolve them. I am telling you frankly, we have no unsolvable problems with Greece. Let's not cross the sea and drown in the stream. Let's focus on the big picture.

We are ready to cooperate with China in military technologies, Putin says.

Photo reported to be showing captured Palestinians in Gaza by IDF.

Another photo reported to be showing captured Palestinians in Gaza by IDF.

Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV conducted a firing test with homegrown UAV-122 Supersonic Missile.

The target 55 km away was hit with pinpoint accuracy.

IDF Tanks at Palestine Square in Gaza.

Tanker AVENCA (IMO 9410002) of the German company CST delivered 50,000 tons of Russian petroleum products to the US Navy base in Norfolk on a direct transport from Novorossiysk.

Andriy Klymenko, a representative of the monitoring group "Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies" and the publication BlackSeaNews, reported the claim on their Facebook page.

Norfolk is the largest naval base in the world, with 10 berths totaling about 20 kilometers.

The base has ammunition depots, oil storage facilities, and cargo handling infrastructure.

There are 8 shipbuilding and ship repair yards with 7 dry and 3 floating docks and 16 slipways.

The base can accommodate aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, dock ships, destroyers and other vessels. In total, the base can accommodate about 75 ships.

Abandoned Leopard 2A4 tank, completely wrapped in Kontakt-1 ERA, probably in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Russians promise to evacuate the "Leopatra", but it is still far from the status of a "trophy".

Danish Parliament passed a law banning the burning of the Koran.

Massive explosion in Gaza.