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At the Kerch ferry crossing, the fragments of a downed missile damaged the pilot boat Mriya, which sank. On the night of May 30, another boat of the Russian occupiers was destroyed as a result of a missile attack on the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by sources in the Russian media. The boat […]
Yesterday, on May 29, we wrote that Sweden is handing over a new aid package to Ukraine worth $1.3 billion, which includes a Saab 340 AEW&C (ACS 890) aircraft. As it turned out, there will be two planes. The information was clarified by the press secretary of the Swedish Prime Minister, Tom Samuelsson, on Twitter. […]
Toyota iQ, made in the style of Professor Zundap from Cars, was sold in the UK. The owner planned to get the equivalent of $13,400 through an eBay auction, but managed to sell it for $7,600. The UK seller wanted to get between 8,500 and 10,500 pounds sterling ($10,800 – $13,400) for the unique car. […]
The Ukrainian energy system will be restored not only by rebuilding the old thermal power generation facilities, but also by building several hundred new smaller plants. “We can’t afford to choose only one path right now. We need to restore the damaged as much as possible and start building a new generation distributed geographically. This […]
France believes that Ukraine has the right to strike military bases in Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron said that the allies should allow Ukrainians to neutralize Russian bases. He said this on May 28 at a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his trip to Germany. “We must allow them to neutralize the […]
The Chinese company Alibaba, which owns the AliExpress marketplace, has stopped accepting rubles and does not allow deliveries to Russia. This was reported by the Russian media. “Russian cards are no longer accepted, except for some banks, but most likely, Alibaba will simply return the money in a few days,” said Artem Bobtsov, an expert […]
“YouTube is introducing a new measure to counter ad blockers, making it harder to view content without a YouTube Premium subscription. Previously, the platform used various methods of counteraction, such as slowing down the site, delaying video loading, and pausing the video with a reminder to disable the blocker. However, users found ways to circumvent […]
China demonstrated remote-controlled robotic dogs capable of firing machine guns in military exercises with Cambodia earlier this month. According to a video published by state broadcaster CCTV, the battery-powered “robodogs” can run for two to four hours and are capable of moving back and forth, lying down and jumping. They can also plan routes, approach […]
The Indian startup Uravu Labs uses a technology to produce water from air, similar to the one featured in the Star Wars franchise. Moisture vaporizers have been mentioned in many places and have helped the inhabitants of arid planets like Tatooine – so why not in India? Swapnila Srivastava has personally experienced the shortage of […]
The Ukrainian Air Force has published official photos of the FrankenSAM air defense system for the first time. It is a Soviet Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system capable of using American RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles. We learned about FrankenSAM last year. The creation of such a system is intended to partially solve the problem of the […]