Geopolitics Watch

13 December 2025 02:05

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — No Kinzhal missiles have been detected in Ukrainian airspace. The launches were simulated.

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13 December 2025 01:58

🇷🇺🛫❌🇺🇦— Takeoff of one Russian Aerospace Forces MIG-31K.

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13 December 2025 01:45

🇷🇺🛬 — The MIG-31Ks have landed. Two Kinzbal impacts against Kropyvynytskyi, one against Odessa city, and one against Podilsk. This is the first time Kinzhals have been used against both Odessa and Kivovohrad.

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13 December 2025 01:36

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — One Kinzhal impact against Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.

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13 December 2025 01:31

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Make that three Kinzhals towards Odessa.

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13 December 2025 01:26

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Kinzhal launch against Ukraine.

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13 December 2025 01:22

A large-scale missile attack targeted Odessa tonight, one of the largest since February 2022, a total of 12 Kalibr cruise missiles were used

Kalibr Group 1 targeted Artsyz, Odessa Oblast, likely the airbase

Kalibr Group 2 targeted energy infrastructure in Odesasacity

Kalibr Group 3 struck energy infrastructure in Mykolaiv, likely the CHP

In addition, 5 Iskander M ballistic missiles or Onyx supersonic cruise missiles struck energy infrastructure Odessa city

Geopolitics Watch

13 December 2025 00:47

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — Further sign towards imminent escalation against Venezuela: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is operating closer to Venezuelan territory than before, ~360 kilometers north of Venezuelan territory, within strike range of the country.

Geopolitics Watch

12 December 2025 23:29

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️ — BREAKING: A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related items being shipped from China to Iran, intended to prevent Tehran from rebuilding its military arsenal, U.S. officials told WSJ.

➡️ The ship was several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka when U.S. operatives boarded it, confiscated the cargo, and then allowed the vessel to continue.

➡️ The U.S. had been tracking the shipment very closely beforehand.

Geopolitics Watch

12 December 2025 22:11

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦🇹🇷 — Correction, a suicide drone struck this vessel, not an Iskander-M.

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12 December 2025 21:26

🇮🇷 — Iran has seized a tanker holding around 6 million liters of diesel fuel in the Gulf of Oman.

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12 December 2025 19:17

🇺🇸🇲🇾🇹🇭🇰🇭 — President Trump announces that Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to a ceasefire following a conversation between Trump, Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakal, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, with assistance from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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12 December 2025 18:39

🇺🇸❗️— Local law enforcement issues an evacuation order for the University of New Orleans due to a threat made to the campus. This comes amidst today's graduation ceremonies.

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12 December 2025 18:23

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Russian An-26 cargo aircraft hit by Ukrainian kamikaze drone right as it was on the runway with its engines running at the Kacha air field in Crimea.

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12 December 2025 18:12

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦🇹🇷 — An Iskander-M missile struck a Turkish cargo vessel off the coast of Odessa, Ukraine.

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13 December 2025 02:00

🇷🇺🛫❌🇺🇦 — Takeoff of a second Russian Aerospace Forces MIG-31K.

Kinzhal launches reported.

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13 December 2025 01:52

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Power outages reported in Odessa. Energy infrastructure likely hit by the Kinzhal that impacted the city.

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13 December 2025 01:40

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Fourth Kinzhal missile impacts Podilsk, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.

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13 December 2025 01:33

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Two Kinzhal impacts recorded in Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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13 December 2025 01:30

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — At least two Kinzhals towards Odessa have been launched by the MIG-31Ks.

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13 December 2025 01:25

🇷🇺🛫❌🇺🇦 — Takeoff of three MIG-31Ks.

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13 December 2025 01:20

🇺🇸🇻🇪 — Evan L. Pettus has taken command of SOUTHCOM following Alvin Halsey's forced resignation after a meeting in October with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth where he raised concerns of the legality of US Air Force strikes against Venezuelan boats and was subequently asked to step down.

Geopolitics Watch

13 December 2025 00:44

The U.S. is entering the endgame of its military buildup in the Caribbean, moving high-value assets critical for combat ops into SOUTHCOM.

- Deploying additional strike and electronic attack aircraft, including VANG F-35As and VAQ 132 Growlers
- Repositioning USAF assets from CENTCOM and INDOPACOM, such as CSAR HH-60W Jolly Green II helos and HC-130J aircraft
- Six KC-135 tankers forward deployed to the Dominican Republic
- MQ-4C Triton drone confirmed conducting ops in the AOR
- Advanced AN/TPS-80 radar set up in Trinidad & Tobago
+ Carrying out more frequent flight ops in closer proximity to mainland Venezuela

The Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group, following a 5-day port call in the USVI, is operating in the central Caribbean.

If the rumor that "Maduro will be out by Christmas" holds, expect a decision to be made soon (if it hasn't already). Details and sources below.

Original post by Ian Ellis

Geopolitics Watch

12 December 2025 22:44

🇺🇸📁🇮🇱 — New photo released by House Oversight Committee Democrats featuring former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak at Epstein's estate.

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12 December 2025 21:48

🇹🇭⚔️🇰🇭 Thailand rejected an ceasefire with Cambodia at ongoing conflict. Thailand PM confirms
🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

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12 December 2025 19:47

🇺🇸🇻🇪 — Two US Air Force F/A18-Es and one E-2D Hawkeye Early Warning surveillance/radar aircraft are operating close to Venezuelan airspace.

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12 December 2025 18:44

🇺🇸 — "Benjamin Franklin High School" near the University of New Orleans is currently sheltering in place due to an unspecified threat.

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12 December 2025 18:27

🇸🇾🧛 — Syrian ex-president Bashar al-Assad seemingly resisting direct sunlight, in a new video filmed during his presidency released by Al-Arabiya.

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12 December 2025 18:17

🇺🇸🇺🇸 — Illinois governor JB Pritzker has signed a law making assisted suicide legal in Illinois, making it the thirteenth state to legalise the practice.

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12 December 2025 18:08

🇦🇪🇾🇪🤝🇮🇱 — Following the lead of the United Arab Emirates, the Southern Transitional Council has sent a delegation to meet with officials of Israel, and has pledged to recognise Israel immediately if America and Israel assist the STC in fighting Ansarallah.