Egor Aleev / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA On December 11, anti-war activist Grigory Sverdlin reported on Telegram that an anonymous hacking group had breached the systems of Mikord, one of the key developers behind Russia’s military draft database. Sverdlin explained that the hackers had contacted his organization, Get Lost, claiming responsibility for the attack and handing over a trove of data.

In 2018, the founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov invited the then top manager of the payment company Wirecard, Jan Marsalek, to participate in the TON blockchain project. This is stated in a large Financial Times investigation into Marsalek's activities, prepared together with Bavarian Radio .

The TNT Music television channel censored the video of the Cream Soda group “Crying on Techno,” the “We Can Explain” telegram channel reported. The video blurred footage of comedian Alexander Gudkov appearing in a woman's dress.

In Moscow, a metro passenger slapped blogger Ksenia Karpova on the buttocks and was caught on video. The girl complained to the police - and she was fined Ksenia Karpova's Telegram channel A blogger from Moscow, Ksenia Karpova, who complained to the police about the harassment of a metro passenger, was fined based on the man’s counterclaim. The girl was found guilty of allegedly obstructing the passage of passengers.

The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russia's assets in Europe, the Associated Press reported on December 12. Using a special procedure designed for economic emergencies, the EU has frozen assets until Russia abandons its war against Ukraine and compensates the Ukrainian side for damage caused during the fighting.

We'll tell you how it happened Borislav Troshev / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Protesters with a “Resignation” poster at an anti-government rally. Sofia, December 10, 2025 The Bulgarian People's Assembly approved the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. The day before, he himself announced that he would resign from his post.

US President Donald Trump announced that the authorities of Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to cease hostilities starting on the evening of December 12. The leaders of the two countries agreed to return to the original peace agreement, which they signed in October with the participation of the United States and Malaysia, Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social. “Both countries are ready for peace and continued trade with the United States,” he added.

Alexey Okopny died. He was accused of beatings and involvement in murder - and was called “the executioner of the bloody regime” Channel of the head of the “Young Guard of United Russia” Anton Demidov Alexey Okopny Alexey Okopny comes from Kabardino-Balkaria. He began his career in Nalchik, where he served in the Department for Combating Organized Crime (UBOP) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the leadership of Anatoly Kyarov.

The main thing from the CNN publication Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On Thursday, December 11, it became known that Ukraine used drones to attack a Lukoil oil production platform in the Caspian Sea. This was the first such attack since the beginning of the war.

The Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the Odessa region, damaging a civilian ship in the port of Chernomorsk, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said. “This once again proves that the Russians not only do not take the chance for diplomacy that they have now seriously enough, but also continue the war precisely to destroy normal life in Ukraine,” the Ukrainian leader added.

Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start, and our detailed military analyses are part of our commitment to objective reporting on a war we firmly oppose. Our map is based exclusively on open-source photos and videos, most of them posted by eyewitnesses on social media.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has updated the register of “foreign agents”, adding to it the blogger and popularizer of astronautics Vitaly Egorov (known as Zelenyikot). In addition, the list included Russian and Israeli journalist and media manager Mikhail Gurevich, the creator of the Utro.ru and Kursor publications, the former owner of the Fishki.net portal and vice president of RBC.

“Go Through the Woods” reported that hackers hacked the developer of the military registration registry. Do conscripts now have a window to leave the country? Meduza learned from Grigory Sverdlin Egor Aleev / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA The head of the human rights project “Go through the Forest,” Grigory Sverdlin, reported on December 11 that an anonymous hacker group hacked the servers of the Micord company, the key developer of the unified military registration register in Russia.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth removed US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll from negotiations to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, The Telegraph writes. According to the publication's sources, Hegseth considered that his subordinate had gone beyond his authority. “It was clear that he was excessively active, and he was besieged,” said one of the journalists’ interlocutors. Dan Driscoll visited Kyiv on November 19.

The current president's team is the richest in history Mandel Ngan / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The Washington Post has compiled a list of billionaires who were included in the second administration of US President Donald Trump. There were 12 people in total, not counting the president himself. Their combined wealth is estimated at $390 billion. This makes Trump's current team even wealthier than his first-term administration, which was considered the richest in modern US history.