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The occupation authorities of Crimea claim that Russian air defense is repelling a drone attack on the peninsula. The head of the occupation administration, Sergey Aksyonov, claims that one drone has already been shot down. He wrote about it in a telegram. Aksyonov claims that the drone was shot down in the west of Crimea. […]
An unknown hacker has discovered 986 bitcoin wallets controlled by Russia’s FSB, Foreign Intelligence Service, and military intelligence. He found $300,000 worth of bitcoins in them and then began transferring the cryptocurrency to Ukraine. Source. This was reported by The Moscow Times with reference to CoinDesk, which received a report on the case from Chainalysis, […]
In April, the U.S. Air Force conducted several events called “elephant walks.” One of the most spectacular took place at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The U.S. Air Force took 49 aircraft into the sky simultaneously, nine of which were MQ-9 Reaper drones. For General Atomics’ drones, this was the first time they participated […]
The Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted counterattacks in certain areas in Bakhmut, forcing the occupiers to abandon some of their positions. This was reported by the Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, Military Media Center quoted. On April 30, Syrsky visited several areas in the combat zone and awarded […]
Microsoft has stopped developing new features for Windows 10. The Windows 10 22H2 release will be the final version of this operating system. The company will continue to release only monthly security updates until October 2025. Microsoft is encouraging users to upgrade to Windows 11, as Windows 10 will not receive any new features. Now […]
According to the military, they are currently training soldiers to operate the turret remotely and simultaneously equipping positions for it. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have demonstrated a domestic fire system “Sabre” – a remote-controlled turret for a machine gun. The corresponding video was published on Monday, May 1, by the public relations service of […]
Google Maps has published updated satellite photos of Kyiv (Zhulyany) airport. They show what this capital’s gateway looks like after the start of the Russian invasion. The runway in Zhulyany is blocked along the entire perimeter by buses, gasoline tankers, snowplows and even luggage carts. The blocking of the end of the runway with the […]
Elon Musk has revealed some information about the first orbital flight of the Starship rocket system. As it turned out, the explosion was delayed. SpaceX launched the Starship spacecraft with a Super Heavy rocket (in both cases, prototypes were used) on April 20. The test went wrong from the very beginning. During the launch, the […]
This week, the first photographs of the Czech VM-21 MT MLRS were posted on the global web. It is a modernized version of the Soviet Grad. It is worth noting that the systems themselves were delivered from the Czech Republic earlier, but their photos have only now appeared in the public domain. According to analysts, […]
Doctors, scientists, and researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, The Institute of Cancer Research in London have created an artificial intelligence model that can accurately determine whether abnormal tumors detected on a CT scan are cancerous. This can significantly speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The team used computed tomography scans […]