Government of Ukraine allocates over UAH 10 billion to protect energy facilities
Ukraine’s energy system Photo: UNSPLASH The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has announced that the Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 10 billion to strengthen the protection of energy infrastructure from Russian attacks. He made the announcement on his Telegram channel on Friday, 27 December. Priority is to protect the power grid […]
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: passengers tell about the horrors of the flight
Photo: Reuters One of the passengers of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters about the events that took place on board before the tragedy. Eyewitness testimony Subkhonkul Rakhimov, who survived the plane crash, recalls hearing a loud bang before he fell. “I thought the plane was going to crash. I started […]
Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan: versions of the tragedy and international reactions
Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash Photo: Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP Last Wednesday, an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. All 38 people on board were killed. The tragedy caused contradictory statements, and the circumstances of the crash continue to be the subject of an international […]
Russia’s Oreshnik missile: how Western sanctioned technology became the basis of the Kremlin’s military machine
with the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile / Photo: AFP An analytical piece by the Financial Times demonstrates how Russia’s military-industrial complex remains dependent on Western technology despite sanctions. The Oreshnik missile used by Russia to strike Ukraine last month is manufactured using equipment developed in Germany and Japan, despite the Kremlin’s official claims of import […]
