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On 15-16 Dec 2025 a Ukrainian ‘Sub Sea Baby’ unmanned underwater drone slipped past harbor defenses and detonated beside a moored Russian Project 636.3 submarine in Novorossiysk, the first documented combat strike by a UUV on a submarine; Russia insists the boat is unhurt.
On 15 Dec 2025, U.S. envoys and 11 European leaders gave Kyiv a draft peace package promising ‘Article-5-like’ guarantees—inc. a European-led force operating in-country and an 800,000-person Ukrainian army—while declaring 90 % consensus with Ukraine on ending the war.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will join Zelenskyy, Macron, Starmer, and Merz in Berlin this weekend to hammer out differences over Kyiv’s newly-revised peace blueprint.
Between 11-14 Dec 2025, President Zelenskyy handed Washington a revised 20-point plan that trades Ukraine’s constitutional bid for NATO membership for legally-binding US-led security guarantees ahead of face-to-face negotiations with Trump envoys in Berlin.
On 11 Dec 2025 Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal publicly offered to store—but not surrender—the group’s weapons, and within hours Israeli officials reiterated that Gaza’s 20-point US peace plan requires Hamas’ complete disarmament before the next phase can start.
On 15 Dec 2025, hours after 15 people were slain at Bondi Beach, PM Anthony Albanese secured state leaders’ agreement to draft nationwide limits on how many firearms a licence holder can keep and to bar non-citizens from holding gun licences.
On 10 Dec 2025 Zelensky opened the first joint session with U.S. envoys to turn a revised 20-point cease-fire outline into an integrated trio of agreements on peace terms, security guarantees, and post-war reconstruction, starting a sprint toward a Christmas deadline pushed by Washington.
On 13 Dec 2025, Thai PM Anutin flatly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social claim of a renewed cease-fire and ordered operations to continue, while new firefights killed four Thai soldiers and sent more civilians fleeing.
In the three days following a still-fragile October ceasefire, Israeli forces killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in Gaza City (13 Dec 2025) and separately detained seven-nine Israeli settlers who illegally crossed into northern Gaza to advocate new Jewish settlements (10-11 Dec 2025), signalling renewed Israeli military and civilian activity inside the enclave.
Between 9-12 Dec 2025, President Zelensky confirmed Ukraine has delivered a newly edited 20-point cease-fire draft to Washington while launching parallel negotiations on a U.S./EU security-guarantee treaty and a post-war reconstruction fund.
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