Sudan: Army drones struck gathering points of UAE-backed RSF militias in the Lagawa and Janqaro areas of South Kordofan.

United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Africa

- USAFRICOM prioritizes access and partners over large deployments.

- Its footprint relies on limited bases, rotations, and regional commands.

- Strategy shifts toward coastal zones amid Russian and Chinese competition.

Putin:

The Russian Army has “liberated” more than 300 settlements in 2025.

Putin:

“Oreshnik” will be placed on combat duty by the end of the year.

Somalia: NISA says a planned operation in the Tardo area of the Hiiraan region killed up to nine Al-Shabaab militants.

Putin:

Claims that Russia poses a threat to Europe are “lies, nonsense, utter nonsense.”

Putin:

The goals of the “SMO” will be unconditionally achieved.

We would prefer to eliminate the root causes of the conflict through diplomacy, but if dialogue with us is refused, Russia will achieve the “liberation” of its “historical lands” by military means.

Putin:

The Russian Army firmly maintains the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact.

Russian forces are successfully wearing down, among others, elite units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including formations trained in the West.

The Russian Army is capable of increasing the pace of its offensive, including in strategically important directions.

Putin:

The task of creating and expanding a security buffer zone in Ukraine will be carried out consistently.

Russian Defense Minister Belousov:

Kupiansk is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russian Defense Minister Belousov:

More than 70% of thermal power plants and over 37% of hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine have been put out of operation.

Russian Defense Minister Belousov:

Preparations have begun for NATO forces for an armed confrontation with Russia by 2030.

Russian Defense Minister Belousov:

The policies of European countries and NATO are creating real preconditions for the continuation of military actions in 2026.

The key task for next year is to maintain and increase the current pace of the offensive.

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Putin:

After the Soviet Union collapsed, we believed we would quickly join the civilized Western world.

Today, it seems there is no civilization there—only degradation.

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Putin:

We insist on the fulfillment of the promises that were given to us. It was publicly stated that there would be no eastward expansion of NATO. They didn’t give a damn.

Putin:

We did not start the war in 2022; in essence, the West itself unleashed this war.

Putin:

European “little pigs” joined the work of the Biden administration in the hope of profiting from the collapse of our country.

They wanted to regain what they had lost in previous historical periods and tried to take revenge.

Nigeria: The government plans to modernise its air force with the purchase of 24 Leonardo M-346FA fighter aircraft worth about $1.2 billion from Italy’s Leonardo.

Putin:

Russia is acquiring new means of destruction that will not appear anywhere else in the world for a long time.