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On 29 December 2025, China launched its largest joint exercise to date—‘Justice Mission 2025’—surrounding Taiwan with 14+ warships and 89 aircraft in live-fire zones announced only 24 hours earlier, explicitly framing the action as retaliation for Washington’s mid-December $11.1 billion arms package to Taipei.
Following their 29 Dec 2025 meeting in Florida, President Zelenskyy said Kyiv and Washington are 90 percent aligned on an 18-of-20-point draft deal with Moscow, leaving only the fate of occupied regions and security guarantees unresolved.
On 27 Dec 2025, Ursula von der Leyen hosted a multi-leader teleconference with Presidents Trump and Zelensky, aligning EU and North-American positions hours before the two presidents’ 28 Dec face-to-face talks in Florida on a potential Ukraine peace deal.
On 29 Dec 2025, China’s Eastern Theatre Command began multi-service exercises that ring Taiwan with five exclusion zones, explicitly rehearsing port blockades just days after Washington approved its largest-ever $11.1 billion weapons package for Taipei.
On 29 Dec 2025 Beijing began a coordinated land-sea-air exercise spanning five announced zones around Taiwan, running 08:00-18:00 on 30 Dec and featuring live ammunition.
On 28 Dec 2025, after a 75-minute pre-call with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump met Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida and declared negotiations were in their “final stages,” with no deadline but an aim to settle before year-end.
On 27 Dec 2025, President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly stated on Ayatollah Khamenei’s website that Iran is already in a full-scale, multifront war against the United States, Israel and key European powers.
On 24-25 Dec 2025, President Zelensky publicly detailed a U.S.–brokered 20-point plan—seeking demilitarized zones in Donbas, EU accession guarantees, and NATO-style security pledges—and transmitted it to the Kremlin, which immediately signaled it would demand major changes.
On 27 December 2025, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a declaration granting full diplomatic recognition to Somaliland—marking the first UN-member state to do so—in a deal reportedly tied to Somaliland accepting displaced Gazans and hosting Israeli facilities.
On 27 Dec 2025, Israel signed a mutual declaration with Somaliland’s president formally treating the break-away Horn-of-Africa territory as an independent state—the first UN member to do so.
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