Western and Ukrainian intelligence say Russia is using its “shadow fleet” of oil tankers not just to evade sanctions, but for espionage and hybrid warfare in European waters.

The fleet gives Moscow plausible deniability while.

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Netanyahu to the Australian Government:

Damn it, wake up. You don't need any more warnings. You've already received enough.

Netanyahu:

After October 7th, governments that recognized and called for a Palestinian State basically rewarded Hamas.

The message that was heard by this action was: kill Jews, you’ll get rewarded.

Netanyahu on the Bondi Beach shooting:

Just imagine if you had on that beach, on that Hanukkah gathering, several armed people.

If you had several armed guards — ten, fifteen, even five — it would be over.

That saves the day. And that’s required right now.

Netanyahu blames “hate marches” for the Bondi Beach shooting.

Netanyahu:

It starts with the Jews, but it never ends with the Jews. Anti-semitism is a virulent disease and it consumes the societies who don’t fight it.

Netanyahu:

They hate Jews. Let me tell you, they also hate Australia… they’ll burn your flag and they’ll burn you.

They are against our common civilization.

Netanyahu:

The Maccabean revolt that we celebrate made Judaism possible and that made Christianity possible.

When we celebrate Hanukkah, we’re celebrating the victory that saved Judeo-Christian civilization, which is the basis of our free civilization today.

Netanyahu:

Join us, Australia, in fighting the terrorists and fighting the enemies of civilization and fighting the barbarians.

If we join forces together, I have no doubt we shall win.

Asked “Do you have a secret with God?” on the anniversary of liberation, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says the “secret” isn’t mystical at all:

Victory does not come by miracle. The era of miracles is gone.

The true miracle is massive preparation… then releasing the arrow and leaving its accuracy to God.

Our problems won’t be solved by sitting home and just worshipping God.

“Oreshnik” has gone on combat duty in Belarus, Lukashenko said.

NOW: Zelensky meets with Polish President Nawrocki.

Meanwhile, Putin shows up for his end-of-year speech.

Putin:

So far, we do not see Ukraine’s readiness for peace.

Putin:

Ukraine is refusing to end this conflict through peaceful means.

Nevertheless, there are signals that they are prepared to conduct some sort of a dialogue.

We are prepared, and we want to end this conflict through peaceful means on the basis of principles that were described by me in June of last year.

Putin:

The enemy (Ukraine) is retreating in all directions.

Putin’s peace terms laid out in June 2024:

Ukraine must withdraw from all of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia (full regions).

Give up NATO, accept neutrality and demilitarization, and agree to vague “denazification.”

The West must lift all sanctions, and Crimea must be recognized as Russian.