Overview
- Hungary and Turkey denounced strikes on Russian tankers and energy infrastructure in the Black Sea, with Budapest stressing the importance of safeguarding energy routes and calling Turkey a reliable transit partner.
- A Turkish political commentator, İbrahim Karagül, warned that recent steps by the UK could risk a direct Turkey–Russia confrontation in the Black Sea following attacks on ships.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces took Chervone in the DPR and Novodanilivka in Zaporizhzhia and claimed up to 1,275 Ukrainian personnel losses; air defences reported downing 11 Ukrainian fixed‑wing drones over Rostov, Bryansk, Belgorod and Volgograd, where debris damaged three apartment buildings without reported casualties.
- Thai defence officials told Reuters that Cambodian forces fired BM‑21 Grad and Chinese PHL‑03 rockets into Thailand during border clashes, and Thailand’s aviation regulator imposed a drone‑flight ban in seven border provinces starting 9 December.
- Japan recorded a magnitude‑7.5 earthquake off Aomori with tsunami alerts later lifted after a 70‑cm wave was observed; Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at least 30 people were injured, while Russian diplomatic and tourism bodies reported no impacts on Russian nationals.