🇾🇪🇺🇸The Houthis say the downing of the American F-18 fighter jet is a demonstration of Yemen's increased air defense capabilities and that they still have many surprises in store for the US and Israel.

The US continues to insist that it shot down its own plane.

❗️ Russian Defense Ministry officially announces the liberation of the Storozhevoye settlement on the Velikonovosyolkovsky direction.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine takes unconventional measures to avoid energy collapse - New York Times

- "An entire old Lithuanian power plant is being brought to Ukraine to use its parts to rebuild a damaged grid.

- They have also leased floating power plants from Turkey.

- Kiev has requested the permanent presence of UN representatives at key substations, expecting that this will help prevent Russian strikes," the newspaper said.

- But officials in Kiev have admitted that these measures will not be enough to prevent blackouts and Ukraine may not be prepared for a more serious drop in temperatures in January.

@Slavyangrad

JUST IN - DHS, FBI, FAA and DoD release joint statement on mystery drones: "The sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones... We have not identified anything anomalous."

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/12/16/dhs-fbi-faa-dod-joint-statement-ongoing-response-reported-drone-sightings

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🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡️- Airstrikes against Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

❗️🇺🇸🇵🇱At least 18 flights in the last few days have been made by Boeing 747 transport aircraft in the interests of the Pentagon.

The destination is always the same - Rzeszow, Poland. The cargo is weapons for Ukraine, which the outgoing Biden administration is frantically trying to send to Kyiv before Trump's inauguration.

🇵🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "Israel will reject any normalisation agreement with Saudi Arabia if it requires the creation of a Palestinian state," - Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Minister of Finance, in an interview with Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister and inner security cabinet member, said the inauguration of Donald Trump next month offers Israel a chance to pursue several strategic goals: overthrow the government of Iran, prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and stop the rebuilding of Lebanese villages along Israel’s border," - Bloomberg.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "My message to the Iranian people is to break the barrier of fear. The alternative is a war that will leave Israel no choice but to crush the Iranian economy, including the oil and energy facilities," - Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Minister of Finance, in an interview with Bloomberg.

South Korean Armed Forces are patrolling the streets of Seoul.