Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky proposed establishing a ceasefire for the duration of the presidential elections in Ukraine, which the United States insists on holding. He said this while speaking on December 11 at an online meeting of the “coalition of the willing.” A video of Zelensky’s speech was published on his social networks. “We are ready to work with President Trump in any format.

The Vyvozhuk project, which helped Russians persecuted for political reasons with their departure, announced that it could no longer provide direct assistance. “We survived for many months thanks to caring people, but again and again we were faced with the inability to gather enough resources to deal with the main direction of our project - evacuation,” says a statement published on the project’s telegram channel. The Vyvozhuk hotline will continue to operate until the end of December.

US President Donald Trump, during a telephone conversation with European leaders, demanded that they put pressure on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources familiar with the negotiations. According to them, with the help of pressure, Trump wants to get Zelensky to accept the US peace plan. Now the parties are discussing it, but from the very beginning Washington’s proposal implies significant territorial losses for Kyiv.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on December 11 recommended that sports federations allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international youth competitions without the restrictions introduced previously.

The issue of the territories of Ukraine should be decided by the people of the country through elections or a referendum, said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. His statement is quoted by RBC-Ukraine. On December 11, the President of Ukraine answered questions from journalists and said that Donbass and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant remain the main uncoordinated positions on the peace plan prepared by the United States.

NATO Secretary General said that war will “come to every home” of those living in Europe Too many people think that time is on our side. This is wrong. Russia has brought the war back to Europe and will be ready to attack NATO within five years. She became even more arrogant and reckless. We are Russia's next target and we are already in danger. The conflict is already at our door. He will come to every home.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is considering expanding the powers of the country's president and taking this post, Bloomberg reports, citing a source familiar with the situation. According to him, Orban is exploring options to maintain his power in the event of the defeat of the ruling Fidesz-Hungarian Civil Union party in parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2026. Some polls show an advantage for the Hungarian opposition over Fidesz.

This is what the Russian Minister of Justice thinks. He spoke at a conference dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising The Decembrist uprising in 1825 was an attempt to lead Russia astray from the path of evolutionary development. In a sense, this was a success: many significant reforms stalled. The uprising, absurd in its essence and unorganized in its form, had a significant impact on the history of Russia. This was the first revolt led by people from the upper class.

Residents of St. Petersburg have been complaining about failures in the mobile Internet since the morning of December 11, Rotunda and Fontanka publications report, citing data from the Downdetector service. According to complaints on the website, widespread problems began around 9 a.m. Some users have reported crashes before. Representatives of mobile operators told Fontanka that the problems are not on their side.

Natalia Volkova / Shutterstock Lawmakers in Russia have prepared a package of draft laws that will impose new restrictions on Russian citizens convicted in absentia of political crimes. The bills, drafted by the State Duma’s Commission on Foreign Interference, will affect those found guilty of violating Russia’s laws on wartime censorship, “foreign agents,” and “undesirable organizations,” among others.

On the morning of July 28, 2025, all of Aeroflot’s information systems went down — from corporate email to passenger check-in. The outage forced hundreds of flight delays and cancellations, plunging Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport into chaos and affecting tens of thousands of passengers. Russia’s largest airline lost at least 260 million rubles ($3.3 million) from cancellations alone, and total damages are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars.

A former military man was involved in the attacks. Then he was shot. Murder suspect says he 'saved many lives' At the beginning of November, raids on “Sochi residents” took place in several villages of the Trans-Baikal Territory. This is the name given to participants in the war who left their unit without permission (SOCH). Trying to find them, masked men beat and tortured their relatives with electric shocks. According to one of the victims, among the masked people was Konstantin Ektov.

Let's sum up his two-year reign Anita Pouchard Serra / Bloomberg / Getty Images Javier Miley. December 3, 2025 December 10, 2025 marks two years since Argentine President Javier Miley took office. His election platform was largely built on promises to lead the country out of the economic crisis through privatization of the public sector and a radical reduction in the size of government.

One thousand three hundred and eighty seventh day. What's happening to the peace plan? The United States came up with “the most high-tech demilitarized zone in the world” (what this means is unclear) Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters in our daily materials because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us the thoughts you have about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

The creators of artificial intelligence received the title of Person of 2025 according to the American magazine Time. “2025 was the year when the full potential of artificial intelligence emerged in its entirety and it became clear that there was no turning back.