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Some call him “The Technology Maniac,” others simply refer to him as “The Professor” or “The Maran”. However, beyond these labels lies the fascinating destiny of Volodimir Mirciuk, the man who today leads the Unmanned Systems Regiment “Lava” within the famous “Kartia” brigade. A man who left behind a comfortable life in the West and successful businesses to revolutionize the way Ukraine defends itself against the Russian invasion. “Either you find your second wife, or you start doing triathlon” Volodimir Mirciuk is originally from Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region. In his childhood, he used to play with lead soldiers, but never for…

Authorities in the Leningrad region are searching for Andrei Kiiko, known as the “Sosnovo Maniac” or the “Saint Petersburg Maniac,” who disappeared after fleeing from a military hospital where he was recovering from a wound sustained in the war in Ukraine, reports the Russian publication Fontanka, cited by The Moscow Times. Kiiko had been sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony for a series of crimes, rapes, and attacks committed against women in Sosnovski Park in Saint Petersburg. According to investigators, he had 15 victims, of which 12 survived. The search operation is being conducted by…

Moscow’s attempt to send fuel to Cuba, a country affected by a massive energy crisis, has failed after a tanker on the sanctions list, carrying diesel, failed to reach the island in the Caribbean archipelago and spent weeks adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, according to maritime tracking data analyzed by the Russian investigative publication The Insider, reporting from exile. The oil tanker Universal, which was carrying approximately 270,000 barrels of diesel fuel, left Russia in April bound for Cuba, but spent the last month adrift in the Sargasso Sea, about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) northeast of the Caribbean island. Then,…

The United States intends to significantly reduce its military contributions to the assistance of its European NATO allies in times of crisis, providing fewer fighter jets, military ships, and in-flight refueling aircraft, reports the German publication Spiegel on Tuesday, as relayed by Reuters and Agerpres. Spiegel writes that the American Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, informed several high-ranking officials from NATO member states about these plans, towards the end of last week, at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. Informed sources on the issue have stated that the US government intended to announce to its allies last week that it will…

The European Union is set to prioritize European satellite operators, in a move designed to limit the expansion of the Starlink service in Europe, owned by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. However, the decision risks causing tensions with the Trump administration, writes Euronews. The European Commission will adopt a decision this week on the allocation of radio spectrum for satellite mobile services, which would favor European operators. Currently, Starlink dominates the global satellite internet market, having over 10,000 satellites in low orbit. The closest competitor is Project Kuiper, Amazon’s project, which recently launched its first commercial satellite constellation. The strategic importance…

While authorities talk about the importance of supporting entrepreneurship and prepare new programs, the real support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Russia continues to decline rapidly. In the first quarter, the support given to SMEs was 52.5 billion rubles (about 570 million euros), 27.5% less than in the same period last year, when it reached 72.3 billion rubles (about 785 million euros), according to calculations by the Center for Development of the Higher School of Economics. According to the institution’s estimates, support for small and medium-sized enterprises decreased by a third over the past year. The analysis shows…

As the American kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible progress in the war with Iran, senior officials of SpaceX company came to a conclusion: The Pentagon should pay more for access to its satellite Wi-Fi network, notes Reuters. A few weeks after the United States launched the bombing campaign, SpaceX directors met with Pentagon officials and argued that the military was paying about $5,000 per connection terminal, while effectively using a higher level of services worth nearly $25,000, according to two sources familiar with the situation and Pentagon documents consulted by Reuters and reported…

NATO will strengthen the defense of its eastern flank with a new structure, which would facilitate the rapid deployment of forces in Latvia and Estonia in the event of a war with Russia, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Currently, NATO forces from the three Baltic countries and those from northern Poland are under the command of a single multinational headquarters, located in the Polish city of Szczecin. The anticipated change reflects the strategic importance of the Baltic countries. The allocation of a second army corps to the region will allow NATO to bring significant military forces in…

The Russian business environment needs heavy caliber weaponry and the ability to recruit reservists to protect enterprises against drone attacks. The statement was made on Tuesday, at the Kremlin, during a meeting with Vladimir Putin, by Aleksandr Shokhin, the main representative of the large companies lobby and the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the largest business organization in the country, in whose leadership council are billionaires from the Forbes list, reports The Moscow Times. “Large corporations, undoubtedly, are concerned about protecting their objectives as well as the areas where the companies are present. But some…

The Institute for the Study of War suggests that a second Russian Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile likely suffered a malfunction and crashed in the occupied Donetsk region during Russia’s attack on Ukraine on May 23-24. If confirmed, this would mean that one in four Oreshnik missiles used by Russia during the war has failed. Over the weekend, Moscow launched one of the most devastating and costly combined attacks on Ukraine. Beyond the massive destruction in the Kiev region, the attention of international analysts is focused on a possible catastrophic technical error of Vladimir Putin’s “wonder weapon”: an Oreshnik ballistic missile…