🇺🇲🇯🇵 U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around #Japan and South Korea.
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🇷🇺 🇪🇺 The Kremlin is setting information conditions to reject any meaningful security guarantees for #Ukraine by threatening #Europe
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Dec. 10, 2025 | ISW
The Kremlin is setting information conditions to reject any meaningful security guarantees for Ukraine by threatening Europe.Christopher Solomon (Understanding War)
From 24.02.2022 to 11.12.2025 (Day 1387), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine.
Highlights:
+1460 Personnel
+23 Artillery
+82 UAVs
+157 Other Vehicles
Statistics: redd.it/1pjpvc4
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The United States House of Representatives on Dec. 10 approved a new $900 billion defense spending bill that includes military aid to Ukraine. It stipulates that Ukraine will receive $400 million per year via the USAI for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
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US House approves defense bill granting Ukraine $400 million a year in military aid through 2027
The $900 billion spending package upholds many of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security policies but places limits on his ability to reduce American troops in Europe and withhold support to Ukraine.Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)
The call-up of Russians for military training, which Vladimir Putin initiated with a decree on Tuesday, could become a new stage of "covert mobilization" to replenish the army fighting in Ukraine, military experts warn.
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«Отбор людей, которых можно отправить на фронт». Объявленые Путиным военные сборы назвали новым этапом мобилизации
Призыв россиян на военные сборы, который Владимир Путин инициировал своим указом во вторник, может стать новым этапом «скрытой мобилизации» для пополнения воюющей в Украине армии, предупреждают военные эксперты.Русская служба The Moscow Times
The State Duma passed its first reading of a bill that tightens Roskomnadzor's oversight of the transfer of information about Russian citizens to other countries, effectively giving the agency the right to disconnect Russian services from foreign ones.
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Роскомнадзору выдали мандат на отключение России от интернет-сервисов «небезопасных» стран
10 декабря первое чтение в Госдуме прошел проект закона, который ужесточает контроль со стороны Роскомнадзора (РКН) за передачей сведений о россиянах в другие страны и фактически дает ведомству право отключать российские сервисы от иностранных.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russian agricultural machinery maker Rostselmash expects to again introduce reduced working hours next year as weak demand continues to weigh on production, meaning 3 day work weeks.
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Russia’s Rostselmash Warns of Reduced Working Hours in 2026 as Demand Slumps
Russian agricultural machinery maker Rostselmash expects to again introduce reduced working hours next year as weak demand continues to weigh on production, co-owner Konstantin Babkin told the state-run TASS news agency Wednesday.The Moscow Times
The U.S. blueprint detail plans for U.S. financial firms and other businesses to tap roughly $200 billion of frozen Russian assets for projects in Ukraine—including a massive new data center to be powered by a nuclear plant currently occupied by Russian troops.
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Belgium is demanding that the EU provide an extra cash buffer to ensure against Kremlin threats over a €210 billion loan to Ukraine using Russian assets, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
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Belgium demands extra cash buffer for Russian assets loan
The threat of Kremlin retaliation has Belgium demanding more money to protect Euroclear.Bjarke Smith-Meyer (POLITICO)
Ukraine's soldiers are doing much better in the pitched battles in the east of the country than Russia is letting on, Kyiv's top commander said, denouncing what he called Kremlin "disinformation" aimed at influencing a foreign audience.
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In message to Trump, Ukraine’s top general attacks Kremlin battlefield narrative
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia’s frontline gains are tiny as U.S. pressure grows on Ukraine to accept a peace deal.Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)
EU countries are to fast-track a decision to indefinitely immobilise up to €210bn in Russian sovereign assets, in an attempt to bypass Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán even before Europe’s leaders meet for a summit next week.
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#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Orban #Hungary
EU races to bypass Viktor Orbán on Russian assets before summit
Move to outvote Hungary this week would indefinitely immobilise Moscow’s sovereign assetsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
Russia has practically achieved its military recruitment targets for this year set out by President Vladimir Putin after more than 400,000 people signed contracts, according to the deputy chairman of the country’s Security Council.
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Ukraine carried out an attack on a shadow-fleet tanker linked to Russia’s oil trade in the Black sea.
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Ukraine sent a revised peace plan to Washington as President Donald Trump held a call with European leaders, according to a person familiar, as both sides scramble to keep efforts on track to end Russia’s invasion.
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Microchip manufacturers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. were accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to kill and wound civilians in Ukraine.
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#Ukraine #Russia #US #Intel #AMD #TexasInstruments
President Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Ukraine had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Kushner, and other top officials amid moves to clinch an overall settlement of the nearly four-year-old war.
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#Ukraine #Russia #US #Zelensky #Kushner #Trump
Nine Russian and Belarusian athletes were granted Individual Neutral Athletes status by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation on Wednesday, enabling them to feature in qualifying events for next year's Milano Cortina Olympics.
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#Ukraine #Russia #Belarus #Olympics
Russian prosecutors have asked a Moscow court to seize the assets of U.S. private equity fund NCH Capital in Russia, saying the fund's owners financed Ukraine's military forces, the Kommersant newspaper said, citing court documents.
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11 December 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Nely Königová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 19 October 1944. She did not survive.
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💬 The European Union’s enlargement chief said Wednesday she is confident #Hungary will not derail #Ukraine’s path to membership, which she described as “inevitable.”
Spouting bs again. According to Trump, European leaders want a meeting this weekend, together with Zelensky. “They want us to go this weekend to Europe,” he said, adding they’ll decide based on what’s offered. “We don’t want to waste time.”
He also commented on Ukrainian elections: “Zelensky needs to be realistic. I wonder how much longer until elections? 82% of Ukrainians supposedly demand a deal.”
This fool actually thinks he's in charge.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 #Ukraine gave the #Trump administration on Wednesday its point-by-point response to the latest draft of the U.S. peace plan, Ukrainian and U.S. officials tell Axios.
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10 December 1898 | Polish Jewish woman, Itla Frydlender, was born in Będzin. She emigrated to France and worked in the clothing industry.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 4 November 1942. She did not survive.
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The satellite image from DeepStateUA shows a large impact crater on the outskirts of Rylsk, Russia, with an estimated diameter of 20 meters.
Guess?
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Zelensky: Tomorrow we’ll meet with “Coalition of the Willing”, over 30 countries working with Ukraine for security on land, in the sky, and at sea. We’re also coordinating with Europe next week. Every visit and negotiation delivers concrete defense results.
The EU is also stepping up sanctions, with new measures targeting Russian tankers and oil infrastructure. Ukraine will present its own December sanctions package aimed at the shadow fleet fueling this war and expand pressure with partners.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine’s Security Service used Sea Baby naval drones to strike an oil tanker from #Russia’s “shadow fleet” in the Black Sea on Dec. 10, critically damaging ship as it sailed through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone.
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Ukrainian naval drone strike reportedly cripples Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Black Sea, SBU source says
Ukraine’s Security Service used Sea Baby naval drones to hit the sanctioned tanker Dashan in the Black Sea, the latest strike in a campaign targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet,” a source told the Kyiv Independent.Jared Goyette (The Kyiv Independent)
🇺🇸🇷🇺 Microchip manufacturers Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments were accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to kill and wound civilians in #Ukraine
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⛷🏂 Nine Russian and Belarusian athletes were granted Individual Neutral Athletes status by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation on Wednesday, enabling them to feature in qualifying events for next year's Milano Cortina Olympics.
🇺🇸🇷🇺 The United States on Wednesday extended a deadline for negotiations on buying the global assets of Russian oil company Lukoil by a little over a month to January 17.
🇬🇧 🇷🇺 Shell wants to dissolve a joint venture with #Russia's Rosneft, through which the London-listed group holds part of its stake in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.
🇷🇺 Russian prosecutors have asked a Moscow court to seize the assets of U.S. private equity fund NCH Capital in #Russia, saying the fund's owners financed Ukraine's military forces.
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#usa
🇫🇷🇬🇧 There will be another meeting on Thursday of the leaders of the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' group of nations backing #Ukraine, said the French presidency.
🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸 The leaders of Britain, France and Germany held a call on Wednesday with #Trump to discuss Washington's latest peace efforts to end the war in #Ukraine, in what they said was "a critical moment" in the process.
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10 December 1905 | A Czech Roma woman, Eva Daniel, was born in Mladá Vožice.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 7 March 1943.
No. Z-1195
She perished in the camp on 31 October 1943.
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🇮🇷 Flyers have appeared in the Iranian capital, Tehran, offering lucrative contracts to men who join Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
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#iran
Is Russia Recruiting Iranians For War In Ukraine?
Is Russia attempting to recruit fighters from Iran for its war in Russia? A mysterious advertisement has appeared in Tehran offering money, training, and air tickets to Iranian men between the ages of 18 and 45.Golnaz Esfandiari (RFE/RL)
🇷🇺 Amid steps to expand its control over online communications, the Russian government has unveiled a new package of digital security measures that would sharply restrict incoming phone calls from outside the country.
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Russia Plans To Restrict International Phone Calls Amid Digital Crackdown
Amid steps to expand control over online communications, the Russian government has unveiled a new package of digital security measures that would sharply restrict international phone calls being made to people inside the country.Current Time (RFE/RL)
Big Indian refiners turn back to Russian oil amid discounts and no sanctions, Bloomberg reports.
Four of India’s top seven, including Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, bought nearly ten cargoes of Russian crude in recent days. Nayara Energy keeps importing, and Hindustan Petroleum is seeking suppliers for January.
Meanwhile, former top buyer Reliance Industries is skipping even its contracted 500 000 barrels/day from Rosneft, a sign of Russia’s oil markets shifting east.
🇬🇪🇷🇺 Corporate documents and archived records have revealed that Davit Kukhalashvili, the husband of #Georgia’s ambassador to the US, is the founder and managing director of a Moscow law firm that has advised clients seeking to navigate asset freezes and sanctions imposed by the EU and US.
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Husband of Georgia’s US Ambassador linked to Moscow firm aiding sanctioned Russian businesses
Davit Kukhalashvili is the founder of a Moscow law firm that has advised clients seeking to navigate EU- and US-imposed asset freezes and sanctions.Rasmus Canbäck (OC Media)
russia’s largest lender sberbank has filed a bankruptcy claim against TFN, one of the country’s largest smartphone distributors
It was once a key distributor of Samsung and Nokia smartphones in russia.
After the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, TFN shifted to importing electronics through parallel channels.
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Sberbank Files to Bankrupt Major Russian Electronics Distributor TFN
Russia’s largest lender Sberbank has filed a bankruptcy claim against TFN, one of the country’s largest smartphone distributors, Forbes Russia reported Wednesday.The Moscow Times
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#Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity.
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In message to Trump, Ukraine's top general attacks kremlin battlefield narrative
by Veronika Melkozerova
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi says russia's frontline gains are tiny as U.S. pressure grows on #Ukraine to accept a peace deal.
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In message to Trump, Ukraine’s top general attacks Kremlin battlefield narrative
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia’s frontline gains are tiny as U.S. pressure grows on Ukraine to accept a peace deal.Veronika Melkozerova (POLITICO)
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A Ukrainian couple secretly helped the SBU pull off Operation Spiderweb, the massive drone strike that burned russia’s bomber fleet.
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Mysterious Ukrainian Couple Behind SBU’s Operation Spiderweb: New Details on Bomber Strike
Operation Spiderweb, executed by the SBU, involved drone smuggling into Russia and damaging strategic military aircraft at various airbases.Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
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#Trump on potential #Zelenskyy meeting in Europe this weekend: 'We don't want to waste our time'
The US president said he exchanged "pretty strong words" with European leaders today during a phone call on #Ukraine.
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Ukraine war latest: British soldier who died in country named by Ministry of Defence
A British solider who died in Ukraine has been named by the government. Meanwhile, Russia's top diplomat has praised the US president, after Donald Trump accused European allies of being weak.Sky News
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The 20 Points for Ending the War Form a Fundamental Document; We Are Actively Working – Address by President #Zelenskyy 10.12.2025
Extract
We spoke with the American team on economic matters – on reconstruction matters. I want to thank Secretary Bessent, Jared Kushner, and Larry Fink of BlackRock for being fully constructive
Full address president.gov.ua/en/news/dvadc…
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The Death of stalin : The Tyrant Falls, the Fools Rise
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The Death of Stalin ：The Tyrant Falls, the Fools Rise
#Stalin #SovietUnion #Dictatorship #PoliticalSatire #DarkComedy #PowerStruggle #Kremlin #ColdWar #Moscow #Bureaucracy #Fear #Corruption #Beria #Khrushchev #M...YouTube
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#Belgium demands extra cash buffer for russian assets loan
by Bjarke Smith-Meyer and Gregorio Sorgi
The threat of kremlin retaliation has Belgium demanding more money to protect Euroclear.
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Belgium demands extra cash buffer for Russian assets loan
The threat of Kremlin retaliation has Belgium demanding more money to protect Euroclear.Bjarke Smith-Meyer (POLITICO)
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President #Zelenskyy
💬 "Tomorrow, we are preparing a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing – more than 30 countries that are working together with #Ukraine to ensure security on land, in the air and at sea. Next week, we will coordinate with Europe and in bilateral formats.
Ukraine is working quickly. Every visit and every negotiation we have always has practical results, primarily for our defence and our resilience."
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Leaders of the so-called “coalition of the willing” group of nations will hold a video call on Thursday, as chaotic American efforts to push through a peace deal to end the war in #Ukraine reach a crunch moment.
President #Zelenskyy will be on the call
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Ukraine war: Trump criticises European leaders on eve of crunch coalition meeting
President says there were ‘strong words’ in latest call, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join other European leaders to discuss peace plan on ThursdayShaun Walker (The Guardian)
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It is general security that will determine economic security and shape the security of the business climate. We also agreed on further contacts between the teams.
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As always, there will be no delays on our part. We are working for results. I would like to thank President Trump and his team for their substantive work and support."
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Has #Trump Just Declared War on Europe?
by Adrian Goldberg
BYLINE SUPPLEMENT, Substack 📎
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Has Trump Just Declared War on Europe?
Byline Times' Head of Investigations Nafeez Ahmed talks to Adrian Goldberg and the Byline Podcast about what really lies behind the new Kremlin-aligned US National Security StrategyAdrian Goldberg (Byline Supplement)
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Footage shows the seizure of a crude oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the U.S. Department of War.
#USA #Venezuela #CaribbeanSea #FBI #DHS #USCG #DoW