The paintings in the Royal Academy’s astonishing new exhibition are political refugees. They were loaded onto trucks to be taken out of Kiev in autumn 2022. Tuesday was chosen because the Russians usually bomb the city on Mondays, but as soon as they reached the Polish border, a rogue missile exploded on the other side.… Read More »
In the reconnaissance drone’s pixelated video feed, a small, four-wheeled robot comes into view and stops atop a Russian bunker before setting off a powerful explosion. The explosion envelops the area in a cloud of smoke, shattering leaves from nearby trees as debris rains down on the surrounding ditch system. The moment that Ukrainian troops… Read More »
Great spotted eagles are currently a threatened species. Scientists now realize that they face another danger: the war in Ukraine. Eagles are exposed to conflict events as they migrate through Ukraine, forcing them to deviate from their normal flight paths, according to a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology. Great spotted eagles, listed… Read More »
Germany has summoned a senior Russian envoy over a series of cyberattacks targeting the ruling Social Democrats and the defense and technology sector. A hacker group linked to Russian military intelligence was held responsible for the 2023 attacks, which took many websites offline in response to Berlin’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine. It exploited… Read More »
Ukraine estimates it will need $4.67 billion (€4.38 billion) over 10 years to repair an overlooked but expensive casualty of the ongoing Russian occupation: its telecommunications network. Russia has destroyed more than 4,300 mobile base stations and a quarter of the country’s internet networks since February 2022, Stanislav Prybytko, General Director of Mobile Broadband at… Read More »
invaders Oleksandr Chendekov, known as the “father of drones” in Ukraine, tells NV about the combination of Russian resources and Chinese production in equipping the Russian army with modern UAVs and how Ukraine can counter them. Coincidentally, our interview with Chendekov, recorded in a cafe in Kiev, was accompanied by Russian-Iranian attacks. witness drones. Chendekov… Read More »
A Ukrainian soldier is installing the Starlink satellite.NurPhoto/Getty Images Russia is trying to cut off Ukraine’s access to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, analysts said. They said this had not been achieved despite the development of a growing arsenal of electronic warfare systems. Satellites have proven vital in military operations and communications between Ukrainian troops. Russia… Read More »