At least two protests took place in two cities across two provinces. Protests and strikes may increase in the coming days. (2/6)
Some protesters have increasingly focused on imposing economic pressure on the regime as the #Iranian Rial continues to devaluate. (3/6)
LEC Tehran Provincial Commander Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi announced the seizure of a man-portable rocket launcher and around 50 other small arms. (4/6)
An LEC Border Guard regiment commander, Colonel Hossein Ali Farahi, announced that the LEC clashed with unidentified militants near #Esfandak, #Sistan and #Baluchistan Province. (5/6)
Unidentified individuals stabbed and wounded four clerics in #Qom City, Qom Province. (6/6)
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#Ukrainian and #Russian sources reported ongoing fighting in the outskirts of #Bakhmut and to the northeast and south of the city. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces captured #Yakovlivka, #Donetsk Oblast, northeast of #Soledar. (3/4)
Ongoing #Russian offensive operations around #Bakhmut are further driving a wedge between forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group troops.criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi… 1/4
#Ukrainian forces conducted counterattacks near #Svatove and #Kreminna and continue to strike Russian rear areas. 2/4
NEW | Russian forces conducted their ninth large-scale missile campaign against critical Ukrainian energy infrastructure on December 16 and carried out one of the largest missile attacks on Kyiv to date. Read the update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar:
NEW | Protest organizations and coordinators are increasingly promoting consistent and sustainable acts of anti-regime defiance as the #MahsaAmini protest movement enters its fourth consecutive month. Read CTP and @TheStudyofWar’s daily Iran update here:
Iranian Parliament and the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council did not release an opinion on the mandatory veiling law--or how the regime chooses to police this law--on December 16.
Prominent Sunni Cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid condemned the regime for sentencing arrested protesters to death in his weekly Friday sermon in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Russia may be setting conditions to conduct a new offensive against Ukraine— possibly against Kyiv—in winter 2023. Such an attack is extraordinarily unlikely to succeed. A Russian attack from Belarus is not imminent at this time. criticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Ukraine have not changed.
Putin is using two simultaneous military efforts to pursue his objective of conquering Ukraine and securing major concessions.
NEW | #Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly postponed his address to the Russian Federal Assembly, indicating that the Kremlin is not confident that it can continue to shape the Russian information space. Read the update from CTP and @TheStudyofWarcriticalthreats.org/analysis/russi…