December 19, 2022

*) Nine drones 'shot down' in Kiev's airspace Ukraine says it has shot down nine Iranian-made Shahed drones in capital Kiev's airspace. Kiev’s military administration said on the Telegram messaging app that air alert continued in the capital city. Ukraine has been subjected to frequent and deadly aerial attacks in the 10 months since Russia's launched its offensive in February. *) Erdogan warns Greece against provocations in Aegean Sea Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece against provocations in the Aegean Sea, saying: “Don’t mess with us. We have no quarrel with you in the Aegean.” At an event in the southeastern Mardin province, Erdogan said Greece “did some crazy things” in the Aegean sea and Turkiye also did “what was necessary,” His remarks came after Greek planes tried to interfere in a NATO training mission conducted in international airspace over the Aegean Sea. *) Thousands protest in Paris against immigration bill Thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital Paris on the occasion of International Migrants Day to protest against a new immigration draft law. After gathering at the Porte de la Chapelle metro station, they started walking towards the city centre. The demonstrators held banners saying "racists, fascists, get off our streets". Calling for more solidarity with irregular migrants, they expressed their opposition to the immigration bill promoted by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. *) North Korea conducts 'final-stage test' for building spy satellite North Korea has carried out an "important final-stage test" for the development of a spy satellite, which it will complete by April next year, the state media reported. Monday’s report comes a day after Seoul's military said it had detected launches by Pyongyang of two medium-range ballistic missiles. Analysts say developing such a satellite would provide North Korea with cover for testing banned intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), as they share much of the same technology. *) Mes