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‘Microsoft’ announced the termination of the support program for desktop operating systems Windows 7/-8, starting from January 10. As of that date, security updates will no longer be available to the system, The Verge informs. The publication also mentions the end of support for the WebView2 tool for inserting content into applications and notes that […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down 3 enemy helicopters in a day. This is reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Among the downed ‘birds’ are the Mi-24 and the shock Ka-52. The type of the third rotor is being specified. Also, units of Ukrainian soldiers landed 3 reconnaissance drones […]
Washington included Zuni anti-aircraft missiles in the new package of defense support. It follows from the Pentagon’s official announcement that they will be supplied to the Armed Forces in the amount of 4,000 units. The unguided 127-mm Zuni missile belongs to the ‘air-to-surface’ class. Zuni was developed in the 50s by China Lake engineers. Serial […]
This week, three countries agreed to transfer offensive weapons to the Armed Forces. We are talking about France, Germany and the USA, which will supply Ukraine with AMX-10RC tanks, Marder BPM and Bradley BMP, respectively. According to Politico journalists, the initiative of the above states will pave the way for the transfer of more powerful […]
In the temporarily occupied Melitopol, a Russian military base exploded at the Hydromash factory captured by enemy forces. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported this. ‘The occupiers smoked so powerfully that the rumble lasted for several hours, the fiery wave broke the windows of neighboring houses, and smoke swirled over the plant even in the morning,’ […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expects the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) to fall to Earth this weekend or early next week. The exact location of the fall has not yet been determined. The satellite was launched into low Earth orbit by the space shuttle Challenger in 1984. The task of ERBS was […]
‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ received 100 powerful charging stations for smartphones, which will be installed at stations with the largest passenger traffic. The first stations have already taken place in the Kyiv Fortress of Invincibility. As you can see in the photo below, these stations are quite massive and look like cabinets with separate cells, where there is […]
Although the Russians managed to recruit a full set of sailors for these ships. The Russian military-industrial complex failed in its attempt to modernize and return to service the Russian Navy’s only aircraft carrier ‘Admiral Kuznetsov’ and the project 1144 nuclear missile cruiser ‘Admiral Nakhimov’. Accordingly, these ships can be considered lost for the Russian […]
For the first time, the USA will deliver M109 Paladin self-propelled guns to Ukraine. The volume of the batch will be 18 units. Artillery installations with automatic guidance were included by Washington in another package of military aid. This was reported on Twitter by Foreign Policy reporter Jack Detch. On January 6, the leadership of […]
The first series of the adventure cartoon series about the well-known sappers’ assistant from the State Emergency Service, the dog Patron, was released. “In the premiere episode “The Ruined Bridge”, the dog Patron tells his friend Tom about his work day. He received a signal about the destroyed bridge, and he heard danger with his […]