#Russia’s spy satellites have intercepted unencrypted #EU communications satellites
“The maneuvers in space come as Russia steps up its “hybrid warfare” in Europe, including sabotage operations such as the severing of subsea Internet and power cables.”
https://www.ft.com/content/cd08c49c-658e-49c9-9a15-234f2bfc2074
Russia is using colorful “Monopoly-like” fake banknotes to move rubles abroad despite sanctions. The notes are issued by A7, a Kremlin-linked firm launched in 2024 by a state defense bank and fugitive oligarch Ilan Șor.
https://www.ft.com/content/8ea9eb6d-736a-4ccf-aa6b-3f9a9fb81294
New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.
One Moscow business executive said the crisis could hit in “three or four months”.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/02/04/russia-shadow-fleet-europe-sanctions/
Chinese scientists have developed a ground based microwave weapon capable of disabling low-Earth orbit satellites, SCMP reports. The TPG1000Cs system can emit 20-gigawatt pulses, potentially disrupting or damaging constellations like Starlink.
Chinese scientists have developed a ground based microwave weapon capable of disabling low-Earth orbit satellites, SCMP reports. The TPG1000Cs system can emit 20-gigawatt pulses, potentially disrupting or damaging constellations like Starlink.
New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.
One Moscow business executive said the crisis could hit in “three or four months”.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/02/04/russia-shadow-fleet-europe-sanctions/
Russia is using colorful “Monopoly-like” fake banknotes to move rubles abroad despite sanctions. The notes are issued by A7, a Kremlin-linked firm launched in 2024 by a state defense bank and fugitive oligarch Ilan Șor.
https://www.ft.com/content/8ea9eb6d-736a-4ccf-aa6b-3f9a9fb81294
#China-Uruguay relations continue to deepen, says #Uruguayan
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#15
Full list of 12 #UK bank holidays still to come in 2026
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#lpool_echo
West #DesMoines man arrested for allegedly robbing
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#DesMoines
#TV presenter Narinder Kaur calls in the police after
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4
Kenny Jacobs voluntarily steps down as daa #CEO as High
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Ireland
Strange for #Russia to hear about mythical threat to
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Yerevan
#China-Uruguay relations continue to deepen, says #Uruguayan
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/business.html#15
Full list of 12 #UK bank holidays still to come in 2026
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#lpool_echo
West #DesMoines man arrested for allegedly robbing
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#DesMoines
#TV presenter Narinder Kaur calls in the police after
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#4
Kenny Jacobs voluntarily steps down as daa #CEO as High
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Ireland
Strange for #Russia to hear about mythical threat to
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Yerevan
Ukraine’s energy minister has warned that scheduled power cuts may intensify in the coming days, even as 200 emergency crews race to restore heating in the capital. Amid freezing temperatures and mounting hardship, a local pop star has drawn attention by using humor and music to lift spirits, but it hasn’t gone as planned... Kyiv correspondent Gulliver Cragg reports.
#Ukraine #TinaKarol #powercuts #Russia #war
Ukraine’s energy minister has warned that scheduled power cuts may intensify in the coming days, even as 200 emergency crews race to restore heating in the capital. Amid freezing temperatures and mounting hardship, a local pop star has drawn attention by using humor and music to lift spirits, but it hasn’t gone as planned... Kyiv correspondent Gulliver Cragg reports.
#Ukraine #TinaKarol #powercuts #Russia #war
As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, the Kremlin strains to avoid full mobilization https://kyivindependent.com/inside-russias-2026-draft-strategy/ #Russianarmedforces #Russianlosses #Mobilization #Russia #War
As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, the Kremlin strains to avoid full mobilization https://kyivindependent.com/inside-russias-2026-draft-strategy/ #Russianarmedforces #Russianlosses #Mobilization #Russia #War
#Russia #Gubarev posted probably the most detailed description of the #Starlink shutdown for Russian troops on the front line:
Our comrades-in-arms on the front line report that the StarLink terminals have gone dark.
Now we will be at a disadvantage in terms of decision-making speed and situational awareness. This is called technological backwardness.
If the internet on Gazprom’s satellite dishes is working poorly at key communication nodes and command posts, then UAVs, electronic reconnaissance/electronic warfare, firepower and infantry positions are now without internet. This means that there will be no broadcasts, no battlefield imagery, etc.
Now, no matter how ingenious the decisions made by local commanders may be, we will simply lose in terms of the speed of decision-making and implementation on the battlefield.
It’s like putting Schumacher behind the wheel of a Lada and an ordinary driver behind the wheel of a Ferrari. Schumacher will lose the race in any case, because the technological base is different, no matter what.
No alternative domestic systems for operational data exchange have been created.
Source: https://t.me/pgubarev/1512 (in Russian)
Context of the “no alternatives” that he’s talking about:
https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/7fe6bb2f-17a3-4709-9bf6-475df61d89bf
