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Members of the Verkhovna Rada propose to zero out customs clearance of cars for soldiers and other civilians affected by military aggression against Ukraine. The respective draft laws 10353 and 10354 are registered on the Parliament’s website. The draft law proposes, inter alia, a temporary exemption from import duty from January 1, 2024 (or the […]
This 10-year program provides for the strengthening of Ukraine’s maritime defense, including air and land capabilities In the coming days, the United Kingdom is to announce its commitments to support Ukraine’s maritime security as part of a 10-year defense enhancement program. It is a so-called memorandum that will cover “military support focused on naval assets, […]
Ukrainian soldiers demonstrated the use of the RBS 17 anti-ship system against Russian positions in eastern Ukraine. RBS-17 is a Swedish lightweight man-portable short-range (5-11 km) anti-ship missile system designed to engage small surface targets and can also engage ground targets. It uses Robot 17 anti-ship missiles. The missile of the complex is a modification […]
On Tuesday, December 19, Blue Origin successfully completed its 24th mission and first in more than 15 months. The launch was carried out after a series of delays, the flight lasted 10 minutes. The first stage, as planned, landed near the launch pad, and the capsule reached the Karman line, returned to Earth and made […]
A model of the Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle GJ-11 Sharp Sword was shown on a satellite image. This was reported by The War Zone. The appearance of the drone on the new satellite images may indicate that the GJ-11 will become part of the future air wing on Chinese aircraft carriers. The Chinese army will […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received the first Cobra attack drones made in Ukraine. Their flight range is 300 km. It takes only three hours to assemble one aircraft. According to BuildingTech, the aircraft is equipped with a Ukrainian engine, propeller and electronics. The use of domestic components allowed the creators of Cobra to reduce […]
The US has created a new type of bio-robot that can accelerate the healing of cuts on neural tissues. This was reported by Extremetech. This means that in the future it will be possible to treat severed nerves with tiny biological robots that will deliver drugs in all directions of the cut. This type of […]
Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot Copilot can create songs by integrating with the Suno music neural network. This was reported by Microsoft Bing. Users can enter prompts into Copilot, such as “create a pop song about a fun trip with your family,” and Suno will turn the idea into music. A single sentence will turn into a […]
On the morning of Wednesday, December 20, users of Kyivstar mobile operator reported another outage, namely a lack of connection, inability to check account status and use other services in the app. The company noted that it was aware of the problem and was working to fix it. This is said in the comments under […]
The Supreme Court of Colorado has banned the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump from running for president and excluded him from the state’s primaries. This was reported by the Associated Press agency with reference to the court decision. The court overturned a November ruling by a district court judge who said Trump […]