Geopolitics Watch

13 December 2025 15:08

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — Reports indicate two Syrian soldiers were killed, another two injured and four US soldiers injured including two very severe ones.

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13 December 2025 14:42

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — One Syrian soldier has been confirmed killed, along with two injured and an unspecified number of US soldiers wounded.

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13 December 2025 14:01

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — US Air Force fighter jet active above Palmyra, central Syria.

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13 December 2025 13:58

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — Helicopters evacuated US casualties from Palmyra to Al-Tanf base after several were reportedly injured during the Islamic State attack.

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13 December 2025 03:20

🇹🇭❌🇰🇭 — NEW: Cambodia claims Thailand is continuing to carry out airstrikes on its territory just hours after President Trump said both sides had agreed to halt fighting.

➡️ The Cambodian Defense Ministry said Thai forces used two F-16 fighter jets to drop seven bombs on multiple targets hours after the call with Trump.

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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13 December 2025 15:03

🇮🇳🇦🇷⚡️ — Police detained the chief organizer, Satadru Dutta, after disorder broke out at Lionel Messi’s India tour event in Kolkata, India.

➡️ Thousands who had paid high ticket prices were disappointed and became angry when Messi only walked around the pitch, was largely blocked from view, and left after about 20 minutes instead of the planned 45.

➡️ Fans smashed seats, threw objects, and invaded the pitch at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, which was one stop of his Indian 'GOAT tour,' with upcoming stops in Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi.

Geopolitics Watch

13 December 2025 14:33

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — US helicopter conducting an emergency landing to evacuate US troops following the Islamic State ambush near Palmyra, central Syria.

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13 December 2025 13:59

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — US and Syrian forces are currently blocking the Deir ez Zor-Palmyra road, following the IS attack on International Coalition forces.

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13 December 2025 13:55

🏴❌🇺🇸🇸🇾 — BREAKING: Casualties reported among US and Syrian troops following an Islamic State attack against them in Palmyra, central Syria.

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13 December 2025 02:43

🇺🇸🇻🇪 — There are no truth to reports that US F/A 18-Es are operating in Venezuelan airspace at this moment. Current claims are misinterpreting FlightRadar24's black line flightpaths, which mean assumed flight paths, not actual confirmed flight paths.

Geopolitics Watch

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
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