The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced earlier today that it has seized a vessel belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” in the port of Odesa.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the launch of the GenAI.mil platform, which he called “the future of American warfare.” According to Hegseth's press releases and statements , the site is a customizable chatbot interface based on Google Gemini that can handle some types of sensitive, but not classified, data.

Scientists from Great Britain have found that ancient people could have mastered making fire much earlier than previously thought. This is evidenced by finds made in the east of England, indicating that the controlled use of fire was practiced there about 400 thousand years ago. The study, published in the journal Nature, pushes back the earliest known date of deliberate fire-making by about 350,000 years.

News The Insider 10 December 2025 Photo: AP After returning from London, where he met on Dec. 8 with the leaders of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky answered questions from journalists via voice messages in a chat run by the presidential office. Responding to a query from The Insider about Ukraine’s missile program, Zelensky confirmed that Kyiv’s forces are already using several types of domestically produced missiles.

A Spanish court has temporarily closed the investigation into the murder of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who flew an Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine in 2023, due to the absence of suspects, Reuters reports . Kuzminov was found dead on February 13, 2024 in an underground garage in the city of Villajoyosa in the province of Alicante in southeastern Spain. He was shot with a pistol. He was carrying a Ukrainian passport, reportedly issued under a false name.

Despite a significant drop in asylum applications in 2024 and 2025, Germany still remains the leader in the number of asylum seekers. According to the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Katharina Tothe, because of this, Germany’s migration policy has international weight: if it closes its doors, it will be a signal to other countries.

British Shell intends to terminate the partnership agreement with Rosneft, under which the companies owned a joint stake in the pipeline from Kazakhstan - the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC). Bloomberg and Reuters write about this with reference to sources. The British company now has a total of about 7.4% of the shares, of which about half - 3.75% - is in a joint venture with Rosneft through Rosneft-Shell Caspian Ventures Limited.

An investigation by 14 European public broadcasters, including the BBC, found that a sperm donor who was unaware he had a gene mutation that sharply increases the risk of cancer became the biological father of at least 197 children across Europe. And this figure may not be final. Some children have already died from cancer. Of those who inherit the mutation, experts estimate that only a few will be able to avoid developing cancer during their lifetime.

At Donetsk school No. 115, monuments to two SVO participants were unveiled - Corporal Ivan Kokovin and Private Michael Gloss. Kokovin took part in the assault on the city, writes the “head” of Donetsk Alexey Kulemzin. The monuments were unveiled to the accompaniment of the Blue Berets group.

Mexico rejected U.S. requests to expel more than two dozen Russian intelligence officers operating in the country under diplomatic cover, according to a Dec. 8 report by The New York Times . Since 2022, U.S. officials have repeatedly raised concerns with Mexican authorities, warning that Russia was using the country as a base for intelligence operations targeting the United States. Russian intelligence activity in Mexico increased sharply after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

News The Insider December 10, 2025 #Military report In today's summary: In the Kharkov direction, during a month of fighting, Russian troops advanced only 4 km south of Volchansk On the Seversky ledge, attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces are gaining a foothold in the center of Seversk and trying to cross the Bakhmutka River In the Konstantinovsky direction in the southeast and east of Konstantinovka a “layer cake” arose In the Pokrovsk direction, an attempt to attack Grishino turned out

Iceland intends to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 due to the admission of Israel to participate in it. This is stated in a press release from the country's national broadcaster RÚV. Iceland joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands, thus becoming the fifth country to boycott the competition. The RÚV board previously asked the European Broadcasting Union to ban Israel from competing at Eurovision next year.

History 9 December 2025 In Russia, propagandistic school lessons, euphemistically called “Conversations about Important Things,” are now being held even in kindergartens. For an authoritarian regime, the importance of influencing children had already been fully understood in Nazi Germany. Through schools and youth organizations, the Nazis poisoned the minds of young Germans with propaganda, instilling hatred, fanaticism, and unconditional obedience to the Führer.

The Sofia City Court refused to extradite to Lebanon Russian Igor Grechushkin, a businessman and owner of the Rhosus vessel, which was involved in the investigation of the explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020. Reuters and the local publication BTA write about this. The court in its decision referred to insufficient security guarantees from the Lebanese authorities, namely, that Grechushkin would not face the death penalty in the country.

Phenol-formaldehyde and epoxy resins are used in the production of aircraft and components of weapons and ammunition. Phenol-formaldehyde resins are key to the manufacturing of polymer and composite parts with advanced mechanical, insulating, and thermal properties. Such composites are in high demand in aviation . Phenol-formaldehyde resins are a high-tonnage product with a range of civilian uses. In 2019, they were produced by 15 Russian enterprises.