Day: December 7, 2025

After being on the ground for less than an hour, a Dassault Falcon 900EX with the French Air Force going by the callsign “CTM008” has departed from Cotonou Cadjehoun International Airport in Southern Benin. Prior to its flight tonight to Benin, the business jet departed last night from Paris for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, possibly being used to evacuate staff from the French Embassy in Cotonou.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) Dec 8, 2025

MORE: Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on December 7 that the new US NSS is “largely consistent with [Russia’s] vision” and could be a “modest guarantee” that Russia and the United States will be able to continue working toward securing a peace settlement in Ukraine. Peskov stated that the Kremlin considers the NSS’s call for cooperation with Russia and refraining from listing Russia as a “direct threat” to the United States as a “positive step.”

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev stated that the updated NSS is a signal that the United States is ready to discuss issues related to the “security architecture,” likely referring to European security architecture and the role NATO plays in it. Medvedev stated that the NSS “unexpectedly” aligns with Russia’s ideas about the need to share security and respect the sovereignty of states. Medvedev stated that the “window of opportunity for dialogue” is now “ajar.”Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 7, 2025: The Kremlin positively reacted to the recently released US National Security Strategy (NSS).

Other Key Takeaways:

Russian forces are conducting a battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign against Ukrainian ground lines of communications (GLOCs) in northern Kharkiv Oblast, likely to disrupt Ukrainian logistics to eventually facilitate battlefield gains.

Balloons from Belarusian airspace continue incursions into NATO airspace in Lithuania.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area. Russian forces recently advanced near Hulyaipole.—  https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1997838309930758329

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Dec 8, 2025