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Russia has begun to equip Shahed drones with fake air-to-air missiles (mock-ups), a tactic intended to deceive Ukraine’s defense systems, said Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, according to Kyiv Post. Beskrestnov says that Russian forces have installed replicas of R-60 missiles on attack drones, trying to intimidate Ukrainian aviation and attract the attention of interception units. “The goal is to intimidate our aviation and attract the attention of interception units,” Beskrestnov explained. Saturation tactic of air defense The use of decoy drones has become a common practice in Russian attacks, intended to complicate Ukraine’s response…
The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin sharply criticized Hungary on Tuesday, following revelations about the relations of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó with Russia, calling his conversations with his counterpart in Moscow “repulsive” and “sinister,” reports The Guardian. In an unusually harsh comment, Tusk said: “What we have heard and what we already suspected is just a confirmation of the deeply disturbing political dependence of Viktor Orbán’s government and his foreign minister, Mr. Szijjártó, directly on the authorities in Moscow.” “It’s been a long time, if it ever passed, since I last…
One of Ukraine’s largest drone manufacturers, General Cherry, has signed an agreement to produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the United States, the company announced in a statement released on Monday, March 30. FPV (first-person view) drone and interceptor manufacturer General Cherry has reached an agreement with American defense industry company Wilcox Industries to build the latter’s drones in the former’s factories in New Hampshire, writes Kyiv Independent. “We are delighted to have this unique opportunity to build together the production, which will manufacture the latest means of defense and attack”, declared the co-founder General Cherry, Yaroslav Hrișin. “First and…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated on Monday that there are fractures within the leadership in Tehran, and expressed optimism about the possibility of collaborating with Iranian officials who, he said, have conveyed some positive messages to Washington in private, according to AFP and EFE agencies, quoted by Agerpres. At the same time, the US Secretary of State spoke about the US objectives in Iran. Rubio also said that the Strait of Hormuz will “reopen in one way or another”. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listed, on ABC, what he considers to be the objectives of the war…
A private mobile air defense group from Ukraine has achieved its first concrete results in combat, managing to shoot down a Shahed attack drone and a Zala reconnaissance drone over the city of Kharkov, announced the Minister of Defense, Mihailo Fedorov, on his official Telegram channel. The published images show the operation of the Sky Sentinel turret, which detected and destroyed targets using artificial intelligence, without direct human operator intervention. According to the Ukrainian official, the private group was tested in the Kharkov region and has already been integrated into the command system of the Ukrainian Air Forces, being used…
The editorial board of the publication “Ostorojno, novosti” received a notification from Roskomnadzor, demanding the removal of a post from its Telegram channel, which recounted an article published by Forbes about the difficulties faced by the authorities in blocking online resources. The article, titled “Server Bypass: Roskomnadzor faces increasing difficulties in blocking internet resources,” was published on March 19. According to a cited source, the institution is no longer able to effectively control the blocks, and the equipment installed in the operators’ networks for traffic filtering is overloaded. On the same day, the material was also picked up by other…
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, has launched a radical proposal on social networks: Russian citizens should adopt a 12-hour workday for six days a week, in order to accelerate the economic transformation of the country. Putin’s Oligarch argues that Russia’s resources are limited and that the only way to cope with the global crisis is through a massive increase in the workforce. The industrial magnate proposed the program “8 to 8”, with work from 8 in the morning until 8 in the evening, including Saturdays, which he considers necessary for the survival of the national…
A month ago, the forces of the United States and Israel launched a military campaign against the Iranian regime, with profound global effects — from energy markets and the world economy, to the Gulf region, the extended Middle East, and countries such as Romania, Sri Lanka, Russia, and China. In the context of scenarios ranging from diplomatic solutions to military escalation, foreign policy experts at the Atlantic Council have analyzed the main conclusions drawn so far. 1. The Iranian regime A month since the onset of the conflict, the Iranian regime is affected, yet remains resilient and, seemingly paradoxically, optimistic…
In a move that underscores an increasingly visible ideological coordination in the Eastern European information space, the pro-Russian and revisionist politician Victoria Furtună has launched a campaign in the Republic of Moldova focused on the pillars of “food, water, energy”. The theme is not an original one, but represents an almost identical adoption of the slogan heavily promoted in Romania by Călin Georgescu, a politician known for his pro-Russian and ultra-nationalist positions, writes g4media.ro. The convergence between the two is not limited to words alone, but indicates a common strategy of capturing the dissatisfied electorate through apparently vital themes, yet…
A ballistic missile launched from Iran, which entered Turkish airspace, was neutralized by NATO’s air and missile defense systems deployed in the eastern Mediterranean, announced the Ministry of Defense in Ankara on Monday. “A ballistic munition, which was established to have been launched from Iran and entered Turkish airspace, was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense systems deployed in the eastern Mediterranean”, states a press release from the ministry, quoted by the state-run Turkish news agency, Anadolu. The institution emphasized that Turkey responds firmly to any potential threat and closely monitors developments in the region. “All necessary measures are…