Ukraine has denied launching the attack on Putin's residence, ripping it as "another lie" to foil peace efforts. Russia prepped the Oreshnik system in Belarus after the alleged attack, sending a warning sign to Ukraine and its allies.

Warships from China, Russia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been arriving in False Bay for the joint naval exercise Will for Peace, which South Africa is hosting from 9-16 January.

Several civil society organizations in South Africa on Tuesday held nationwide protests in solidarity with pro-Palestine hunger strikers being held in UK jails, urging the British government to release them.

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships arrived in South African waters for a week of naval drills starting Friday off the coast of Cape Town as geopolitical tensions