The heating has been turned off in Russian prisons so that the prisoners are more willing to go to fight in Ukraine, Bild reports.

Putin and the generals decided to use the cold weather to replenish the weakened troops in Ukraine, Bild claims.

Mobilization in Ukraine: Ukrainian soldier says he "went to buy a hat, and ended up in the Armed Forces".

Namibia says it “rejects Germany’s support of the genocidal intent of the racist Israeli state”.

“On Namibian soil, Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most inhumane and brutal conditions.

The German Government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil. Therefore, in light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history.”

Ukraine will support Great Britain if it is attacked by Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal says.

Houthi drone made of tree branches.

Egypt-Gaza border. Rafah.

American-supplied Ukrainian M1A1SA Abrams tanks are being equipped with first-generation ARAT ERA on the sides of the hull, similar to the BRAT dynamic protection on Bradley IFVs.

This will increase the protection of the Abrams from the strikes of UAVs, RPGs and ATGMs.

Yemen’s Houthis, in cooperation with Iranian and Hezbollah experts, transfer ballistic and naval missiles to Hodeidah, Sky News Arabia reports.

OpenAI (ChatGPT) has quietly made changes to its usage policy, removing the ban on using its technology for "weapons development" and "military and warfare".

The rewritten policy page stated that changes had been made to the document to make it "clearer" and "more readable".

Since then, the word "clearer" has been replaced with "added service-specific guidance".

Ukrainian FPV drone just before it strikes a large group of Russian soldiers on a military vehicle.

French cement maker Lafarge's factory in Syria has been struck by Turkish UCAV strikes.

A large part of the Lafarge cement factory was destroyed after Turkish strikes.

Lafarge pleaded guilty to aiding Daesh/ISIS, to pay over $777M in 2022.

"Lafarge made a deal with the devil, foreign terrorists who pledged to, and in fact did, harm the United States, its people and its national security, and they did it for profit," Breon Peace, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told as the Justice Department announced the plea deal.

Lafarge paid the terror groups from 2013 through 2014 for protection and to allow the continued operation of a cement plant in northern Syria run by Lafarge's local subsidiary, Lafarge Cement Syria (LCS).

In total, nearly $6 million was sent to the two groups, according to prosecutors.

Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days, Axios reports.

Biden hasn't spoken to Netanyahu in the 20 days since a tense Dec. 23 call, which a frustrated Biden ended with the words:

"This conversation is over."

If you're worried about your ship getting hit by Houthis through Bab al-Mandab Strait, here's a quick trick:

Just relay this message:

"ALL CHINESE CREW"

Taiwan is an indivisible part of China & will not become a separate state, it will return to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says after Taiwan elections.

Trump:

Iraq is now controlled by Iran. That was the stupidest war.

I used to say…don’t ever go into Iraq, but if you do go in—keep the oil. They didn’t keep the oil.

We’re the only country where we in, we obliterate somebody, and we never keep anything.

Map of Starlink usage in the world. Ukrainian front line is glowing.

Precise Turkish UCAV warning strike at a building near the fire brigade trying to extinguish the fire that broke out at the Lafarge cement factory today in Syria.

#BREAKING Turkish Intelligence (MIT) UCAV strikes destroyed 23 targets of the terror organization PKK/YPG in Syria, including

- 5 critical infrastructure facilities
- 3 control points
- 8 military points
- 2 ammunition depots
- 2 logistics depots
- 2 technical vehicle depots and
- a vehicle used in tunnels/alignment works.

Nobody wants a conflict with the Houthis, the United States does not seek a conflict with Yemen, the White House says.