Russian state hackers, perhaps more than those of any other nation, tend to show off. The notorious Sandworm unit within Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, for instance, has triggered unprecedented blackouts and released destructive, self-replicating code. The FSB’s ingenious Turla group has hijacked satellite internet connections to steal victims’ dataContinue Reading
SUMY: Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday (Apr 13), killing 32 people and wounding more than 80 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, the Kyiv government said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded a tough international response against Moscow over the attack, which came with US President Donald Trump’s push to rapidly end the war strugglingContinue Reading
KYIV: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city was under missile attack on Sunday (Apr 6) with explosions in the Ukrainian capital, two days after a Russian missile killed 18 people in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown. Klitschko said paramedics had been sent to two districts in Kyiv, while the Ukrainian airContinue Reading
KYIV: At least one person was killed and 10 injured, including three children, in overnight drone attacks by Russia on Ukraine, officials said on Wednesday (Apr 2). Various attacks also damaged energy facilities in two regions, according to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The attacks came as both sides accusedContinue Reading
MOSCOW: US and Ukrainian officials were due to meet in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (Mar 23) for talks on how to halt the Russian invasion, a member of the Ukrainian delegation told AFP, while the Kremlin warned of “difficult negotiations” and a long journey to peace. US President Donald Trump isContinue Reading
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IS RUSSIA SINCERE ON PEACE? Meanwhile, the analysts said Russia believes it has an edge on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. “Putin seems to want to delay any real ceasefire, any real peace talks because at the moment, the Russians, militarily, have the upper hand, but not byContinue Reading
In December the Kyiv Post reported of the Ukrainian military’s own long-range, tethered drones, that, “currently about 40 percent of the components [are] sourced locally in Ukraine while, because there is limited domestic microelectronics manufacturing capability, the rest are imported, primarily from China.” AliExpress parent company Alibaba and Temu didContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday (Mar 18) said that 46 Ukrainian drones had been neutralised in overnight attacks on several regions that injured six people, according to local authorities. The attacks came before Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump were due to hold talks on aContinue Reading
Moscow has also ousted Ukrainian troops from swathes of Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine had led a shock offensive last summer. Zelenskyy said that by not agreeing to the ceasefire, Putin was also going against Trump – who has made some friendly statements on Russia – and accused Moscow ofContinue Reading
