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Frontline Ukraine troops are reportedly enduring Starlink outages
Ukrainian forces have reportedly been dealing with Starlink outages as they try to take back Russian-occupied areas. Some of the outages, which are said to have caused a severe loss of communication over the last several weeks, occurred as troops broke through the frontline into territory controlled by Russia as well as during battles, a Ukraine government official told The Financial Times.
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Explainer: Putin and North Korea's Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for "crushing the challenges and threats of the United States", the latest sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states.
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Key bridge linking Crimea to Russia hit by huge explosion
The Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula and one of Vladimir Putin’s prestige projects, has been hit by a huge explosion. Images from the bridge showed a fiercely burning fire engulfing at least two railway carriages from a train on the bridge, accompanied by a vast column of black smoke, and one half of the parallel road bridge collapsed into the Kerch Strait.
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The sabotage of gas pipelines were a 'warning shot' from Putin to the West, and should brace for more subterfuge, Russia experts warn
The more "degraded" Russia's military becomes, the more likely it is to use shadowy tools like sabotage and cyber attacks, a former intel officer said.
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Schwarzenegger visits Auschwitz in message against hatred
Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Wednesday, meeting a Holocaust survivor and the son of Holocaust survivors and saying it is time to “terminate” hatred.
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China seeks new partners for lunar and deep space exploration
China is looking to build partnerships for its upcoming missions to the moon and deep ventures into the solar system, while omitting mention of main partner Russia. Chinese space officials presented a range of opportunities for international cooperation in the country’s plans during a session at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris, Sept. 21.
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A Russian soldier was recorded saying he was told to 'kill everyone we see' in Ukraine, including civilians, which is a war crime
"I've already become a murderer," a Russian soldier told his girlfriend in a phone call during the early days of the war, per The Times report.
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Satellite images show queues out of Russia stretching for kilometres
As Russian men line up for kilometres at border crossings to avoid President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation efforts, some have reportedly been issued draft notices at the Georgian border.
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13 dead and 21 wounded in Russia school shooting
A gunman killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded 21 other people in a school in central Russia on Monday, authorities said.
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Yes, Putin might use nuclear weapons. We need to plan for scenarios where he does
Putin’s saber-rattling doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll deploy nukes. But he certainly could
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What does Putin’s partial military mobilization mean for Russia and Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to call up 300,000 reservists as his invasion of Ukraine faces setbacks.
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Russian nationalists rage after stunning setback in Ukraine
Russian nationalists called angrily on Sunday for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure ultimate victory in the Ukraine war, a day after Moscow was forced to abandon its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine.
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Sean Penn, Ben Stiller banned from Russia in latest sanctions against U.S.
The actors are among 25 U.S. citizens who are now forbidden from entering the country.
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No GPUs for you: US blocks sales of AI chips to China and Russia
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last Friday, Nvidia reported that US government officials have ordered restrictions on sales of its top AI chips to China and Russia. The new restrictions (in the form of licensing requirements, subject to approval by the US government) include the powerful A100 Tensor Core GPU, the upcoming H100, and any chips of equivalent power or systems that incorporate them.
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Ukraine has hobbled Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Could it turn the tide of the war?
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was once considered central to Vladimir Putin’s attempted conquest of Ukraine. But that fleet and its accompanying air wing have been battered by innovative Ukrainian missile and drone attacks, turning the once-feared force into something of an afterthought in Europe’s largest war in seven decades.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended the Cold War, dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying on Tuesday.
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With 'Assistance' from Exchanges, Ukraine Gains Access to Russian Crypto Wallets and SEIZES All Their Assets...
Crypto assets have played a role in financing both sides in the war between Russia and Ukraine, something we started seeing signs of almost immediately upon its start.
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Russia's rocket launcher-carrying, robot ninja dog was likely bought off Alibaba
WTF?! Russia has unveiled a robotic dog that carries an anti-tank rocket launcher on its back. While such a creation has plenty of scary, Black Mirror-style implications, it appears to be little more than a $2,700 machine purchasable from Alibaba, carrying an RPG it might not be able to fire very well (or at all), and dressed like a dog-ninja, for some reason.
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China to send troops to Russia for 'Vostok' exercise
Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises led by the host and including India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries, China's defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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Putin says Russia and N Korea will expand bilateral relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un that he wishes to expand ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, according to state media. North Korea’s KCNA news agency said on Monday that Putin sent a letter to Kim on the 77th anniversary of the end of Japan’s occupation of the Korean peninsula, saying closer ties would be in the interest of both of their countries.
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