Italy, together with France and Great Britain, supply Storm Shadow/SCALP EG cruise missiles to Ukraine, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps reveals.

“I think the Storm Shadow is an extraordinary weapon. Great Britain, France and Italy are preparing these weapons for use, in particular in the occupied Crimea.”

— Officially, Italy and Ukraine have not confirmed this information.

— In 1999, Italy purchased 200 Storm Shadow missiles to arm its Tornado IDS aircraft.

— In 2023, Italy officially joined the Franco-British Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program, which aims to replace the current Storm Shadow and Harpoon missiles used by the UK and the SCALP and Exocet missiles used by France.

Russia managed to evacuate one of the previously destroyed American-made Ukrainian M1A1 SA "Abrams" tank to the rear.

Updated motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un:

— Aurus Senat,
— Toyota Land Cruiser 300,
— two Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS600 SUVs,
— Lexus LX,
— two Ford Transit vans,
— five Mercedes-Benz sedans and one jeep.

Russia lost about 450,000 soldiers in the war in Ukraine, Britain estimates.

Russia has about 450,000 killed or wounded personnel in the war in Ukraine, while the exact number of liquidated Russian soldiers who served in private companies is unknown.

Also, according to Britain's estimates:

— More than 10,000 Russian armored vehicles, including about 3,000 main battle tanks;
— 109 aircraft;
— 136 helicopters;
— 346 unmanned aerial vehicles;
— 23 ships of all classes;
— over 1,500 artillery systems of all types were destroyed.

Germany is categorically against plans to seize frozen Russian assets for reconstruction and military support of Ukraine, WSJ reports.

German authorities believe that frozen Russian assets should be left intact in order to use them as leverage in negotiations to end the war and induce the Russian Federation to cede part of the Ukrainian territory it occupied.

Another reason for Berlin's refusal could be that it protects German companies that still operate in Russia from retaliation.

In addition, "this could set a precedent and provoke new lawsuits against Germany for crimes during the Second World War."

Russian MoD has divided the remnants of the Wagner PMC into four different groups.

One group operates as part of the Russian National Guard and Russian military intelligence and continues to fight in Ukraine.

Another group was named the Afrika Korps or “Redut” and actually continues the activities of the original Wagner group.

It is the Afrika Korps that is largely responsible for the recent decision to withdraw American troops from Niger and Chad, as well as for the significant change in Washington's policy in many African countries.

Source: Politico

German police arrests man for raising the Palestinian flag.

France reduced its arms exports to Israel to a minimum without completely severing military relations, Le Monde reports.

At the end of October, France suspended the export of components used in the manufacture of artillery shells.

Equipment transfers from France to Israel represent only a tiny percentage of French defense exports: 0.2%, out of a total of 27 billion euros in 2022, or around 15 million euros.

Netanyahu is worried that the International Criminal Court (ICC) might issue a warrant for his and several other senior officials' arrest, Israeli daily Maariv reports.

— Netanyahu made telephone calls to international leaders and officials in recent days, especially to US President Joe Biden, to prevent the issuance of such an arrest warrant.

— It is not clear when an arrest warrant might be issued and it is not standard for the court to disclose such information.

Russian forces continue to test using drones with nets to intercept Ukrainian drones.

Macron is ready to discuss the idea of ​​"using French nuclear warheads to protect the EU."

"I am in favor of opening up this debate, which therefore must include missile defense, long-range missiles, nuclear weapons for those who have or have American nuclear weapons on their territory. Let's put everything on the table and see what is really protects us in a reliable way."

Moscow today. Russia shows off captured Ukrainian armored vehicles donated/transferred by Western countries.

— American HMMWV and M1124 MaxxPro
— British Husky TSV and Mastiff PPV
— Australian Bushmaster & Turkish Kirpi
— South African Mamba Mk2 EE transferred from Estonia
— Austrian Steyr-Puch 712m Pinzgauer 6 x 6 Military Ambulance
— German tank Leopard 2A6
— American M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA infantry fighting vehicle
— German infantry fighting vehicle Marder 1A3
— Swedish infantry fighting vehicle CV9040C
— American armored personnel carrier M113A2 and its Dutch modification YPR-765
— Finnish armored personnel carrier XA-180
— British armored personnel carrier AT-105 Saxon
— French 105mm AMX-10RCR
— American 155mm howitzer M777
— American M1A1SA Abrams tank on the way.

Russian soldiers (likely mobilized) trying to learn Esmarch’s tourniquet.

— Esmarch's tourniquet is a soft rubber bandage traditionally used in emergencies to expel excess blood from a limb that has had its blood supply cut off by a tourniquet.

— This technique, developed on the battlefield, is crucial for creating a bloodless area necessary for surgeries where bleeding could complicate the procedure.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaking at the Riyadh Economic Forum:

"Israel deserves to be in an environment of complete security. It is our duty to ensure this.

And, we, as Palestinians have the right to obtain self-determination as an independent state."

American snipers at Indiana University, escorted by officials, heading to the Gaza Encampment protests.

US purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russian ally Kazakhstan, Kyiv Post reports.

Kazakhstan, which is renewing its aircraft fleet, auctioned off 117 Soviet-era fighters and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s.

The declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge, said the Post, or $2.26 million, equalling an average value for each plane of $19,300.

The US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes, said the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA, per the Post.

Telegram blocked official Ukrainian bots for data transmission: bots of the GUR, SBU, and Ministry of Digital Transformation, a bot for tracking Shahed-136 kamikaze UAVs, the "eVorog" bot, and others.

But the decision has been overturned now. The bots are active again.