French MFA to Israel:

It is not for Israel to determine the future of Gaza, which is Palestinian territory. Return to the principle of international law

The Royal Navy has so few sailors that it has to decommission two warships to staff its new class of frigates.

HMS Westminster, which was recently refurbished at huge expense to the taxpayer, and HMS Argyll will be decommissioned this year.

That’s not the only problem though.

Royal Navy is also forced to recruit for tob job on social media.

Navy chiefs posted the advertisement for the £150,000-a-year rear-admiral position on LinkedIn in December as it struggled to fill the role internally.

It comes as former defence secretary Ben Wallace warned Britain’s armed forces were facing a recruitment crisis because Generation Z was not signing up.

The weather at the front: Two Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems first got stuck in the mud, after which the ground froze.

Missile impact in Ukraine's Kharkiv on January 2.

It is possible that this missile is North Korean KN-23 (Hwasong-11Ga) short-range ballistic missile.

Three years ago, today. January 6, 2021.

January 6 United States Capitol attack.

Hezbollah claims responsibility for attacking Mount Meron's intelligence base, calling it "an initial response" to the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri.

62 rockets were fired.

German Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer tried to whitewash Israel's massacres in Gaza:

We have seen the case brought against Israel by the Republic of South Africa at the International Court of Justice, but we do not believe that Israel is guilty of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

EU foreign policy chief Borrell:

We know that Israel's security is part of Germany's DNA. Germany would not accept sanctions against Israel along with other European states.

Nepal decided to stop issuing work permits to people working in Russia and Ukraine after at least 10 of its citizens died in Ukraine while fighting for Russia.

Nepal has also asked Russia not to deploy its citizens in the army and to repatriate all Nepali soldiers.

The Nepalese government estimates that around 200 Nepalese nationals are serving in the Russian army and there are around 100 missing Nepalese.

Iranian President Raisi: Israel will definitely be destroyed.

Israel will cease to exist despite the support it receives.

Automated turret with Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun in service with Ukrainian Army's 5th Assault Brigade.

Firing on Russian forces at a distance of two and a half kilometers without leaving the dugout.

Last night, for the first time, French Air Force joined its Jordanian counterpart to air-drop seven tonnes of humanitarian medical aid to southern Gaza, for the Jordanian field hospital there.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited Israeli forces on the northern border & stamped "For Israel" on one of the artillery shells.

German law does not allow the extradition to Ukraine of men who left for Germany in order to avoid mobilization, German Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann says.

According to German authorities, since February 2022, 221,571 men aged 18 to 60 have arrived in Germany from Ukraine.

Artillery shells used per day by Russia and Ukraine in Summer 2023 & now.

Source: WSJ

Russian bomber drone strikes on Ukrainian boat with marines on the Dnieper.

North Korea fired coastal artillery for the second day in a row in the island area on the border with South Korea; more than 60 shells were fired today.