St. Petersburg resident Kirill Berezin, who was drafted but refused to take up arms, fled his unit, and demanded to be transferred to alternative service, has been sent to the rear, says BBC’s Russian Service. Berezin will service as a driver and mechanic on a military unit located near Luga, in the Leningrad region. According to Berezin’s lawyer, Nikifor Ivanov, it was possible to have Berezin transferred to the rear thanks, in part, to the commander of the unit outside of Luga.

In Tver, on one of the city’s New Year’s trees, a homemade garland appeared with “enemies of the people” — paper cut-outs with pasted-on photos of the presidents of Ukraine, the US, and France, and the artists Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin, among others. The figures had dotted lines around their torsos, and the words “tear something off me.” Photos of the garland were posted on the Telegram channel Zakroi za Mnoi Tver, and republished by many media outlets.

Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the human rights group Gulagu.net, posted photos and videos, which he claims are “from the official archive of the IK-4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Kaluga region.” According to Osechkin, Federal Penitentiary Services special forces and operatives “decided to carry out ‘educational work’ with prisoners who refused, because of their own convictions, to take part in the war against Ukraine, and who didn’t approve of sending other prisoners to war.”

A missile attack hit the city of Melitopol, in Russian-annexed Ukrainian territory, on the evening of December 10. Ukrainian Mayor Ivan Fyodorov posted about serious fires in the western and southern parts of the city. According to Fyodorov, the strike was launched at a Russian military collection point, and Russian losses reached 200 people. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-appointed head of the annexed Zaporizhzhia region, confirmed the strike on Melitopol.

The capsule of the unmanned American Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, NASA said. The landing took place in the normal mode near the island of Guadalupe, west of the coast of the Mexican state of Baja California. The capsule will be picked up by the USS Portland. The Orion ship with three dummies on board was launched on November 16 as part of the American Artemis program.

The founder of the human rights project Gulagu.net, Vladimir Osechkin , published photos and videos, as he claims, “from the official archive of IK-4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Kaluga Region.” According to Osechkin, the FSIN special forces and operatives “decided to conduct ‘educational work’ with prisoners who refused to go to participate in the war against Ukraine based on their convictions and also did not approve of sending other prisoners to war.” The head of the Kaluga

Denys Shmyhal, head of the Ukrainian government, reports that after Russian troops carried out an eighth round of massive missile strikes, all of the thermal and hydroelectric power stations in Ukraine have been damaged. Shmyhal also wrote on Facebook that “after eight waves of missile attacks” 40 percent of facilities for the country’s high-voltage grid were damaged to varying degrees.

Former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Ajila Masoud, suspected of involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has been brought to the United States and is due to face trial soon. The New York Times writes about this, citing a law enforcement statement. Massoud is suspected of having made the bomb that went off on December 21, 1988 on board a plane en route from Frankfurt to New York.

The head of the Ukrainian government, Denis Shmyhal, reported that after eight series of massive missile strikes carried out by Russian troops, all thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the country were damaged. Also, Shmyhal wrote on Facebook , “after eight waves of missile attacks,” 40% of high-voltage network facilities were damaged to varying degrees.

“How is it *****,“ Gori, Gori, my country ”,“ The last train from Mariupol ” By the time the musical publications are already starting to take the results of the year, some artists suddenly release notes, without which the 2022nd cannot be presented. About them - in our weekly review. Vlad "How is it ***** The main question of the universe following the results of the worst year of the XXI century.

Ryan Carter / Uae Ministry of Presidential Affars / AFP President of the UAE Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaid al-Nahayyan and his grandson Zaid Ibn Tiab Ibn Muhammad al-Nahayan observe the Grand Prix of Formula-1 in Abu Dhabi For the Arab sheikhs of al-Nahayanov, the Politics in recent years has turned into an important component of business, and business into an effective way to build up political influence.

In Moscow buses broadcast announcements in Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Tajik languages ​​with a call to enter the service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in exchange for obtaining Russian citizenship under a simplified procedure. In particular, on December 9, Sota wrote about this. State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans, which is responsible for buses and electric buses in Moscow, confirmed that the ads were indeed shown, but have already been removed.

In the Odessa region, the electricity supply, interrupted after the attack of Russian drones on December 10, has been partially restored. About this, writes "Suspilna", said the head of the region Maxim Marchenko, noting that about 300 thousand residents of the region are still without electricity. At the same time, Marchenko stressed that on December 10 there was no electricity in the homes of 1.5 million residents.

At Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on the afternoon of December 11, the fire extinguishing system turned on, as a result of which, according to videos taken by eyewitnesses, Terminal B was flooded. RIA Novosti, citing representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, reports that the alarm turned out to be false. Baza, in turn, writes that the fire extinguishing system worked due to food burned in the microwave in one of the office premises.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, proposed exporting food and other goods along the "grain corridor". It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Erdogan's office.