The Kremlin would "definitely be willing to consider" another prisoner exchange between Russia and the West, "especially at the start of the next US administration." Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov stated this in an interview with NBC News.

The US Treasury Department announced a $20 billion loan to Ukraine, which will be repaid with proceeds from frozen Russian assets. “These funds—paid for through windfalls generated by Russia's frozen assets—will provide critical support to Ukraine in defending itself against war of aggression,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The amount allocated by the United States will be part of a $50 billion loan that the G7 countries previously agreed upon at the June summit.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine and representatives of the country's military-industrial complex successfully tested the new Ruta missile. Vladimir Zelensky announced this at the presentation of the National Prize of Ukraine named after Boris Paton. He did not provide any technical characteristics of the rocket. The President of Ukraine also stated that the new long-range missile-drone "Palyanytsya", first used in combat conditions in August 2024, has entered mass production.

The Moscow Regional Court sentenced 33-year-old design engineer Sergei Korotky to two years and three months in prison in the case of unlawful influence on critical information infrastructure (Part 3 of Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code), Mediazona reported. Short was also banned from engaging in activities in the field of critical information infrastructure for two and a half years after his release. The court credited the engineer with the time he spent in pre-trial detention.

The official car of IAEA experts was attacked by a drone in the Zaporozhye region on December 10, said the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi. According to him, this happened on the road leading to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, after the completion of the next rotation of the IAEA observer team. The car was attacked by a drone on territory controlled by Ukraine and was seriously damaged. IAEA staff were not injured.

And we explain how these forces relate to each other (sometimes in a hostile manner) The regime of Bashar al-Assad fell so suddenly that commentators around the world - from experts to journalists - found themselves in a difficult position analyzing the success of his opponents.

Every ten minutes a violent crime is committed in one of the Russian families. These statistics are provided by the Violence.Net Center in its report on the situation with domestic violence in Russia. The human rights organization analyzed the available statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs on violent crimes and came to the following conclusions: About 21–23.9% of all pre-investigated murders in Russia were committed within the family.

The Polish publication “That’s So” reported on December 10 that 22-year-old Lieutenant Alexander Emelyanov is suspected of the murder of 19-year-old conscript Artem Antonov, committed at a training ground in the Primorsky Territory in October. A source in the security forces reported this to the publication. Previously, the name of the suspect was not reported, it was only known that it was a lieutenant.

The company is simply confident that its new quantum processor carries out calculations in parallel worlds (we’ll tell you everything now) Google / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Google has unveiled a new quantum processor called Willow . The founder and head of the Google Quantum AI laboratory, Hartmut Neven, claims that the chip significantly exceeds the performance of both modern supercomputers and other quantum processors.

The Sednaya torture prison is one of the most terrible places in Syria. Some prisoners spent decades there Omar Haj Kadour / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Sednaya prison after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. December 9, 2024 Syrian armed forces led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, during an offensive against the government forces of Bashar al-Assad, freed prisoners from prisons in Aleppo, Homs, Hama and other cities of Syria. Syrian prisons are known for extremely cruel conditions.

The Moscow Arbitration Court arrested the accounts of the owner of the online electronics store “Player.ru” Alexey Konyshev following a claim by the tax service. This is stated in the court ruling on the adoption of interim measures ( .pdf ). RBC drew attention to the case file on December 10. The court arrested Konyshev’s funds in the amount of 9.8 billion rubles in all the businessman’s accounts.

Aaref Watad / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on December 10 that the Israeli Navy destroyed the Syrian navy in an operation carried out on the evening of December 9. Arab media circulated photographs as well as videos from Latakia showing Syrian warships damaged by an Israeli attack.

The Israeli navy destroyed the Syrian navy during an operation carried out on the evening of December 9, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a visit to the naval base in Haifa, The Times of Israel writes. Arab media previously circulated photographs and videos showing sunken Syrian warships in the port of Latakia, damaged after an Israeli attack.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation, at a meeting on December 10, adopted in the first reading amendments allowing the suspension of the ban on the activities in Russia of organizations declared terrorist. 339 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill, three were against it, and one abstained, as follows from the broadcast of the meeting, which was broadcast on the Duma website.

The Russian military launched a missile strike on the city of Zaporozhye on the afternoon of December 10, said the legal head of the regional administration, Ivan Fedorov. According to the official, as a result of the shelling, a private clinic was destroyed and buildings adjacent to it were damaged. According to the latest data, three people were killed and 16 more were injured. Among the victims are two doctors.