China successfully tested the Long March 10 (CZ-10) launch vehicle at low altitude and tested the Mengzhou spacecraft's emergency escape system. This was reported by the Chinese media CGTN. Long March 10 and Mengzhou are planned to be used for China's first manned lunar mission.

Rossiya Airlines (part of the Aeroflot group) and Nordwind are temporarily suspending flights to Cuban airports due to difficulties with refueling aircraft. The press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency reported this. The restrictions are related to a fuel shortage on the island that arose after the US introduced tariffs against countries supplying oil to Cuba.

Russia is increasing pressure on the front line and the intensity of its bombing of Ukraine. An increasing number of ballistic missile and drone strikes are targeting critical infrastructure. All this casts doubt on Moscow's claims that it wants to make peace, a senior NATO official told The Insider at a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers in Brussels. “Russian troops are suffering colossal losses - more than 1 million people since 2022 [have died or been seriously injured].

The Russian government will halt its Aurus project, which was launched in 2013 as part of an effort to create a unified modular platform (UMP) for the country’s automotive industry. As Interfax reported on Feb. 11, Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov said in the State Duma that there is no money for the initiative.

There is a shortage of capybaras in Russian zoos amid a sharp increase in interest in these animals. This was reported to RIA Novosti by Sergei Pisarev, a member of the presidium of the Union of Zoos and Aquariums of Russia. According to him, in recent months, capybaras have become a trend, and many zoos have begun to actively add them to their exhibits. Previously, Pisarev noted, there was no special attention to these rodents.

News Maria Chernykh February 11, 2026 Photo: mobile fire group for combating drones / Press service of the Southern Military District / Rossiyskaya Gazeta Amid reports of restrictions on the work of Telegram, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian military at the front is unlikely to use the messenger to communicate with each other.

The US Treasury issued a general license for exploration and production of oil and gas in Venezuela. The document, published on the ministry's website, allows the supply of American goods, technologies, software or services for the exploration, development or production of oil and gas. The license stipulates that any contract with the Venezuelan government or state-owned energy company PDVSA must comply with US laws and disputes must also be resolved in the States.

Today, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court considered the case of the former deputy head of the drug control department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region, Marat Kadashov, who hit and killed an 87-year-old woman. At the appeal hearing, the court excluded the sentence of imprisonment from the sentence and finally sentenced Kadashov to one year of forced labor. The verdict came into force.

The Investigative Committee announced the filing of charges in the case of the death of newborns in the maternity ward of Novokuznetsk City Hospital No. 1 and for the first time officially indicated that we are talking about ten dead babies - the department previously reported nine dead. The department's statement also named the probable cause of their death as a hospital-acquired infection. The chief doctor of the Novokuznetsk City Clinical Hospital No.

A shooting occurred at a high school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The attacker shot and killed at least nine people, Global News reported . The shooter was also found dead, presumably committing suicide. Police entered the school and found six bodies; two were found elsewhere; another victim died on the way to the hospital. Two were hospitalized with serious injuries. Another 25 people received non-life-threatening injuries. The school was closed until the end of the week.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement service (ICE) emerged from a bureaucratic overhaul launched in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. For years, the agency remained one federal body among many responsible for enforcing immigration laws. But during Donald Trump’s second presidential term, ICE has seen its workforce double and its budget triple. At the same time, the rising number of innocent people harmed by the agency’s officers has sparked growing outrage across the United States.

The acting rector of the Moscow Art Theater School, Konstantin Bogomolov, asked the Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova to relieve him of this position. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel. Bogomolov was appointed to this position at the end of January. “Dear friends, I asked the Minister of Culture to relieve me of my duties as rector of the Studio School. From my heart I wish the School and its current and future leadership good luck and patience,” Bogomolov’s post says.

American officials are discussing the possibility of seizing tankers carrying Iranian oil to increase pressure on Tehran. The Wall Street Journal writes about this, citing sources. Previously, the US military had already seized at least eight tankers associated with Venezuela.

News The Insider 11 February 2026 Drone HX-2. Photo: Helsing On Feb. 10, Der Spiegel reported that the German Defense Ministry plans to spend €536 million on kamikaze drones from two German companies. UAVs produced by Helsing and Stark Defence are intended primarily for the 45th armored brigade of the Bundeswehr, which is stationed in Lithuania in order to help guard NATO’s eastern border.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced citizen of Uzbekistan Zhavohir Utkirov to 20 years in prison on charges of participation in a terrorist organization, illegal acquisition of explosives and production of explosive devices. The press service of the court reported this. Utkirov must spend the first five years in prison, the rest of the term in a maximum security colony. He must also pay a fine of one million rubles.