🇺🇦 Ukraine's Rada approves 16 ministers of new cabinet

The Verkhovna Rada has approved the appointment of 16 ministers to the new Ukrainian government, with the exception of the heads of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to the broadcast.

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Kuwait. An Iranian drone has hit a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

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🇷🇺 Fox interceptor crew destroyed 37 Ukrainian UAVs

A crew of the Fox interceptor system eliminated 37 Ukrainian drones during a massive night-time raid, TASS reported citing the crew commander, call sign Ghost.

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🇺🇦 Zelensky appoints SBU head Khmara as acting defense minister

Zelensky instructed acting SBU chairman Yevgeny Khmara to serve as acting defense minister of Ukraine, replacing former minister Fedorov.

SBU is urgently preparing charges against Fedorov for allegedly receiving money from a network of fraudulent call centers and online casinos. The main informant is former friend and current Verkhovna Rada deputy M. Kryachko.

Rada deputy Goncharenko (listed as terrorist/extremist in Russia) stated Zelensky lacks authority to appoint an acting minister — only the Cabinet of Ministers can — and suggested gifting him the Constitution.

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🇮🇷 🇾🇪 Iran and the Houthis prepare to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Tehran has asked the Yemeni Houthis to be ready to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the entrance to the Red Sea, if the US attacks Iran's energy infrastructure, Reuters reports.

Houthis have deployed missiles and drones near the strait, awaiting orders to attack shipping.

About 7% of global energy supplies transit the Red Sea, and Saudi Arabia rerouted ~70% of its energy exports through Yanbu port.

If tankers and ports are attacked, both the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb could be disrupted. Ansar Allah politburo member Mohammed al-Farh warned: "If both straits are blocked, oil prices will reach $200."

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🇺🇦 Body of missing AFU UAV operator found without head and internal organs

▪️ His family reported this, accusing his fellow soldiers of his murder, writes Zakhid.net.

▪️ 33-year-old junior sergeant Maryan Penkalsky, a UAV pilot of the 503rd Separate Marine Battalion, went missing on the night of December 19, 2024 near the town of Dobropolye in the Donetsk region. That night he was supposed to go on a combat mission.

▪️ After 1.5 months, the soldier's body was found several kilometers from the unit's base.

▪️ The military unit recorded his disappearance as desertion, and his death was classified as suicide, which the family does not believe.

▪️ Maryan's fellow soldier also believes it was murder. The victim's hat lay next to the body and had a bullet hole: entry wound on the forehead, exit wound on the back of the head.

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🇵🇱 Poland prepares to declare full state readiness for war

Advisor to Poland's Minister of National Defence Maciej Samsonowicz announced a new mechanism enabling advance preparation of armed forces, critical infrastructure, transport systems, and state administration for potential armed conflict without officially introducing martial law, according to Defence24.

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🇰🇿 Ukrainian scammers commit terrorist attack in Kazakhstan

A call center convinced pensioners to bring a cake to a bank and detonate it. They confused Kazakhstan’s Pavlodar with Russia’s Pavlodar, which also has a +7 phone code, so the explosion occurred in Kazakhstan, not Russia.

The pensioners had previously fallen victim to scammers, investing money in fake investment projects. The fraudsters then promised to help recover the lost funds and persuaded the elderly people to buy a cake and blow it up.

A number of criminal cases have been opened.

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Merz informed the President of Algeria that he will pressure Russia. 'I outlined our position on the war in Ukraine to the President. We will and intend to increase pressure on Russia so that it finally agrees to start peace negotiations.'

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🇺🇦 Ukraine Crisis

'In difficult moments, Zelensky acts like a hero. But we shouldn't forget that the difficult moments are often caused by his idiotic decisions' - NV editor-in-chief Vitaly Sych on the situation in the country.

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New footage from Vyshnevoye, which was nearly wiped off the map after a strike on ammunition depots located within the city limits.

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