Absolute destruction of Russian BMP-3 IFV by Ukrainian FPV drone strike.

Captured Russian Army contracted Somalian man Mohammad Adil:

"Russian commanders said I will serve inside Russia. And their soldiers will fight on the front line."

He signed the contract on December 3, and already on January 4 he was on the front line.

He had to serve one month to receive his first salary, but he was captured before the end of this term.

"I am a simple person who came from another country to earn a living for my family in Somalia. I know nothing about strategic things in war: how to hide, how to fight, how to work with weapons, how to do anything," he said.

Mercenaries from Nepal, Egypt, India and Tajikistan are also fighting in the ranks of the Russian Army.

Russian commanders divide them into small groups and simply say: "Go, go, go!".

"We were ordered to get into a car, taken and left near a small house, given weapons, magazines and grenades."

Adil says now he would like to return to the past, not to see the announcement about recruitment to the ranks of the Russian army, and return home.

NATO plans to mobilize 90,000 soldiers for biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports.

Israeli official confirms Biden administration is working on a "giant regional deal" that will bring an end to the war, to normalization between Israel and the Arab world, to the release of the kidnapped - and an alternative regime in Gaza.

Source: Israel Hayom

Iran's Foreign Ministry calls Pakistan's attack on Iranian territory "disproportionate" and "unacceptable".

#BREAKING Another U.S. attack on Yemen's Houthis

For the fifth time in a week, the United States on Thursday attacked Houthi anti-ship missiles in Yemen, two U.S. military officials said to NYT.

The U.S. military conducted the pre-emptive strikes against three Houthi missiles and launchers after U.S. surveillance aircraft detected that they were being prepared to attack commercial carriers and Navy warships in the Red Sea and nearby waters.

Biden says U.S. strikes on Yemen's Houthis are "not working".

Reporter:

Are the airstrikes in Yemen working?

Biden:

Well, when you say 'working' — are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they gonna continue? Yes.

American MQ-9 Reaper UAV was reportedly shot down over the province of Diyala, northeastern Iraq last night by Iran-backed Iraqi forces.

The average unit cost of an MQ-9 is estimated at $30 million.

The first Turkish astronaut in space

The first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, and three other crew members blasted off on a voyage to the International Space Station (ISS).

Along with Gezeravcı, four space travelers from Spain, Italy, and Sweden will conduct more than 30 scientific experiments and demonstrations on the ISS as part of the Ax-3 mission.

"I would like to start this moment with the words of our great leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of our modern Türkiye:

"The future is in the skies."

Trump on his relations with Putin, Kim Jong-un & Xi:

It’s good to get along with people that have massive nuclear weapons & large nuclear stockpile.

Senior Houthi official Mohammed al-Bukhaiti promises safe passage for "Russian and Chinese vessels" through the Red Sea.

“As for all other countries, including Russia and China, their shipping in the region is not threatened,” he said.

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron:

U.S. has spent 10% of the defence budget, which allowed you (Americans) to destroy 50% of Russian weapons without a single American life being lost. This is a remarkable result.

Russia used a rare 4-ton P-35 anti-ship cruise missile from the 60s to attack Ukraine.

Despite its age, the P-35 is still in service with the Russian Federation.

The range of the P-35 is up to 300 km (according to some sources, up to 460 km in the 3М44 version), the speed is up to 1,800 km/h (according to other sources, 2,200 km/h), the size of the warhead is up to 930 kg.

North Korea has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone.

Pyongyang tested the “Haeil-5-23″ in waters off the east coast as the US and its allies were “seriously threatening the security” of the country “destabilising the regional situation”.

Netanyahu rejects calls for a two-state solution:

The state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea.

German Defense Minister Pistorius:

According to experts, war between NATO and the Russian Federation could happen in 5-8 years. Germany must be prepared for such a scenario.

We hear threats from the Kremlin almost every day, recently again against our friends in the Baltic countries. Therefore, we must take into account that one day Russia could even attack a NATO country.

Iran releases UAV footage allegedly showing Jaish ul-Adl group camps on the territory of Pakistani Balochistan.

Ukrainian FM Kuleba's offer to the West:

We offer you the best deal in the world: you don’t sacrifice your soldiers, give us weapons and money, and we will finish the job.