The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces has announced that fighter aircraft with the Polish and Allied Air Forces have been scrambled in response to the ongoing Russian drone and missile attack against Western Ukraine, with ground-based air defense systems as well as radar reconnaissance systems having also been raised to their maximum state-of-readiness across Poland.

Someone is panicking…

Following the meeting Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida; President Donald J. Trump will meet Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the situation in Gaza, several officials have told Axios.

The future of the peace agreement in Gaza is expected to hinge on the meeting, with White House officials becoming increasing frustrated with Netanyahu, who they feel is “slow-walking” and undermining the peace process, while fearing that Israel will soon resume its full-scale war with Hamas.

Like the Biden Administration before them, Trump’s team has found itself bickering with the Israelis for weeks on tactical matters like opening the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt and supplying tents to displaced Palestinians seeking shelter for the Winter. “It's J.D., Marco, Jared, Steve, Susie. Netanyahu has lost them. The only one he has left is the President, who still likes him, but even he wants to see the Gaza deal moving faster than it is right now,” a White House official told Axios.

Overnight and into this morning, Russia launched a major missile and drone attack against Ukraine, once again, one of the largest of the war, primarily targeting the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, with cruise missiles and one-way attack drones striking power infrastructure and high-rise residential buildings across the city, all prior to Sunday’s meeting in Florida between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald J. Trump.

Video footage of a Russian Shahed-style attack drone striking a power line and bursting into a ball of flames in the southeastern suburb of Kyiv, during this morning’s large-scale drone and missile attack against Ukraine.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated in an interview published earlier today that Iran is in the midst of a “total war” against the United States, Israel and Europe, adding that any further acts of aggression against Iran would be met with a more decisive response from the Iranian Armed Forces.

Russia has already or is likely in the process of stationing new nuclear-capable intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missiles, refereed to by the Russian Armed Forces as the Oreshnik, at a former airbase near Krichev in Eastern Belarus, a development which could bolster Russia’s ability to quickly deliver missiles to targets across Europe in the case of a conventional or nuclear conflict with NATO, two U.S. researchers have found by studying satellite imagery, an assessment that broadly aligns with U.S. intelligence findings shared with Reuters.

In response to the Russian deployment in Belarus, plans by the Pentagon have been accelerated for the stationing of American cruise and hypersonic surface-to-surface missiles in Germany, including the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle, which features a hypersonic boost-glide vehicle and is expected to arrive in Germany in 2026.

With how much of the U.S. Navy and other military assets are currently positioned in the Caribbean, and recent talks about the Trump Administration pivoting its focus away from Asia and Europe and instead towards the Western Hemisphere, in my opinion, now would not be too bad of a time for China to make some kind of move on Taiwan, even if they aren't fully prepared for an invasion and/or war with Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Footage published earlier by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army as part of the lead up to Exercise “Justice Mission 2025” encircling the Island of Taiwan.

The China Maritime Safety Administration has issued an additional two warning zones to the west and north of Taiwan as part of the snap-military drills announced for Monday under “Justice Mission 2025,” with Zone 7 located directly to the north of Zone 3 covering the Taiwan Strait while Zone 6 is positioned between both Zone 1 and 2, all within Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone.

Credit for the Visualization: @TaiwanMonitor on X

Poster released by Chinese state media ahead of Monday’s snap-military drills around the Island of Taiwan, dubbed “Justice Mission 2025,” showing satellite imagery of Taiwanese airbases and other military sites with the text: “How could you ever attempt independence?”

A Dassault Falcon 2000MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft) with the Japanese Coast Guard has lifted off from Naha Air Base in Okinawa and is currently heading southwest in the direction of Taiwan.

The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense has announced that Rapid Response Exercises are currently underway across the country, in response to snap-military drills surrounding the island by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command, with a number of units - including air-defense, anti-ship missile, and naval forces - being placed on high alert in preparation for any potential hostile action by China against Taiwan.

Following a several-hour-long patrol over the South China Sea off the coast of Southern China and Taiwan, a U.S. Navy MQ-4C “Triton” High-Altitude Surveillance Drone is returning to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reports that it has so far detected 89 Chinese military aircraft operating around the island Monday, 67 of which have entered the Taiwanese Air Defense Identification Zone, in addition to 14 naval vessels, 14 coast guard vessels, and four amphibious-landing ships, part of ongoing snap-military exercises by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command.

Hamas’ military wing, known as the Al-Qassam Brigades, this morning officially confirmed the death of five senior leaders killed in the last six months by Israel, including:

- Spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida
- Senior Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Ra'ad Sa'ad
- Hamas Leader and Commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Sinwar
- Commander of the Rafah Brigade under the Al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Shabana
- Senior Member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Omar al-Suri

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Ukraine carried out an attempted attack using 91 drones against the state residence of President Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod Oblast of Northwestern Russia, with all the drones being destroyed, according to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denies claims made this morning by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, regarding an attempted drone attack against the residence of President Vladimir Putin in the Novgorod Oblast, adding that Russia is preparing and attempting to justify strikes against government buildings in Kyiv.