Poland will stop admitting Russians with five-year passports lacking biometric chips starting April 1, 2026, and non-compliant diplomatic passports from January 1, 2026, according to a report shared by the X account wartranslated during the reporting window from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. UTC on December 25, 2025. The policy targets old-style Russian passports without biometric features, as detailed in an article from newsminimalist.com cited by wartranslated in the post made over the past 30 minutes. Separately, during the same window, the X account GloOouD posted that in 14 days Russia's "3-day SMO" will have lasted 1,418 days, matching the Eastern Front of World War II, comparing day 1,400 when the Red Army reached Berlin to Putin losing control of Kupyansk with 1.2 million soldiers killed or wounded, stating "Everything is going according to plan."
