Notices tagged with russia

"Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia."

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/

#musk #starlink #ukraine #russia #war #taxtherich

“We have to do this,” Michael Nicolls, the #Starlink engineer, told colleagues upon receiving the order from #Musk, one of these people said. Staffers complied, the 3 people told Reuters, deactivating at least a hundred Starlink terminals, their hexagon-shaped cells going dark on an internal map of the company’s coverage. The move also affected other areas seized by #Russia, including some of #Donetsk province further east.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

Upon #Musk’s order, #Ukraine troops suddenly faced a #communications #blackout, acc/to a Ukrainian military official, an advisor to the armed forces, & 2 others who experienced #Starlink failure near the front lines. Soldiers panicked, drones surveilling #Russia forces went dark, & long-range artillery units, reliant on Starlink to aim their fire, struggled to hit targets.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

As a result,…troops failed to surround a Russian position in the town of Beryslav, east of Kherson, the administrative center of the region of the same name. “The encirclement stalled entirely,” said the military official in an interview. “It failed.”

Ultimately, #Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeded in reclaiming Beryslav, the city of Kherson & some additional territory #Russia had occupied.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

During a pivotal push by #Ukraine to retake territory from #Russia in late Sept 2022, #ElonMusk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive & dented Kyiv’s trust in #Starlink, the satellite internet service Musk provided to help Ukraine’s military maintain battlefield connectivity.

Acc/to 3 people familiar with the command, #Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of #SpaceX to cut coverage in areas including #Kherson, a strategic region north of the #BlackSea.

I wonder how much of this stemmed from Ukraine's need for US weapons, and ensuing Republican oligarch demands. Russia doesn't want Ukraine in the EU, and the Republican oligarchs are Moscow West.

https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/114910066469543851

#USpolitics #Ukraine #Russia #EU #USoligarchy #Oligarchs

#Poland far-right politician Grzegorz Braun consecrated a new paramilitary group “Bronimy Polskich Granic” (We defend Polish borders).

That’s the first actual paramilitary organisation controlled by the pro-Russian far-right in Poland that uses uniforms and religious symbols as talismans.

And because it’s #Russia who controls 1000% of the flow of migrants onto the Polish eastern border, it’s not hard to imagine a dramatic escalation of events when “Poland’s national interest” - as defined by these guys - will “require” occupation of the border.

For the next steps just scroll back to Donbas 2014.

Tulsi Gabbard's unprecedented and unsupported claim: A U.S. president led a "treasonous conspiracy."

The National Intelligence Director accused former President Barack Obama and his deputies of manufacturing a “false” intelligence analysis to show Russia tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election.

NBC News reports: https://flip.it/pS3on8

#TulsiGabbard #Trump #Obama #USPolitics #News #Russia

Wreckage found after plane carrying 49 people goes down in Russian far east

#AirDisaster #AngaraAirlines #Russia #AviationAccident #MissingPlane

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99490m97epo

Chinese-made engines are being secretly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia while labeled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/world/politics/chinese-engines-russian-drones-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #china #drones

Vaffanculo, Vladimir!
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July 23, 2025

#Moscow on Wednesday accused #Italy of #discrimination and falling for anti-Russian lobbying after a #ClassicalMusic concert featuring pro-Kremlin conductor #ValeryGergiev was canceled.

#Music #Russia #Kremlin #Putin #Vaffanculo

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-italy-discrimination-cancel-classical-music-concert-valery-gergiev-reggia-di-caserta/

With Trump now open to supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, Gen. Oleksandr #Syrsky calls for longer-range missiles and the permission to use them against Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/23/ukraine-syrsky-interview-war-trump/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump

Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia, labelled as "industrial refrigeration units" to avoid detection in the wake of Western sanctions.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinese-engines-shipped-cooling-units-power-russian-drones-used-ukraine-2025-07-23/

#Ukraine #Russia #China

Russian media claims NATO may attack by 2027, citing pro-Kremlin experts who say the West believes it can win a limited war without triggering nukes. The article appears to prepare Russians for possible direct conflict with NATO.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/23/putin-s-favorite-newspaper-warns-that-europe-could-attack-russia-by-2027

#Ukraine #Russia #NATO

Through debunking of the ”NATO expansion” lie that Russia continues to justify it’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine by Paul Warburg.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tjexjmGa5IA
#nafo #ukraine #nato #NATOExpansion #russia #propaganda #nafoexpansionisnonnegotiable

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of July 23

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-ukraine-war-frontline-update-as-of-1753253130.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #July23 #Frontline #army #update #war #Russia #WarCriminal #drones #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

Powerful cyberattack disrupts operations of communication providers in occupied Crimea

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/powerful-cyberattack-disrupts-operations-1753279390.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Crimea #cyberattack #internet #Frontline #army #update #war #Russia #WarCriminal #drones #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

Ukrainian Warplanes Cross Air Defense Line Into Romanian Airspace, NATO Scrambles Alert Fighters

Bucharest said NATO F-16s and Typhoons launched after four Ukrainian “air targets…unintentionally entered” Romanian airspace. The Ukrainians were not fired upon, in accordance with international law.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56843

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Romania #Warplanes #NATO #Frontline #army #update #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

Small Sum, Big Signal: Trump’s First Military Aid to Ukraine Hints at Policy Evolution

Trump Administration Kicks Off FY25 Ukraine Aid with Bradley Refurbishment Funds

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56814

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Kyiv #USA #MilitaryAid #Bradley #Frontline #army #update #war #Russia #WarCriminal #drones #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни