This is wild... Russia seems to be threatening a *commercial* satellite that provides imaging services to Ukraine:
▸ starting about two weeks ago, Russia started maneuvering five (!) of their classified satellites to the same orbital inclination as the ICEYE satellite
▸ these burns were big, on the order of 100 m/s, clearly using chemical propulsion given the speed of the burns — very expensive and deliberate maneuvers
▸ as of last Friday, all five Russian satellites are now co-planar, at ~97.8° inclination, with three of ICEYE's satellites, and aligned in other orbital elements (e.g. RAAN) that make it clear they're specifically targeting this set
▸ I am a little skeptical that Russia is specifically targeting -X36 — there are two other satellites at the same inclination/RAAN (-X37 and -X38) — but the Russian sats are now all within striking distance of -X36, which is why people are concerned about it specifically; the closest cross-track distance is an estimated 500 meters (!!), all while the satellites are orbit 550 kilometers above Earth
▸ Russia has unleashed a cyberattack on a commercial satellite before (Viasat), and it is official Russian policy that commercially-owned infrastructure that aids in military efforts "may be legitimate target[s] for a retaliatory strike.”
▸ there's speculation that this could be a precursor to an RPO mission (meaning: physically grabbing the satellite or some other kind of non-kinetic attack like blinding/jamming)
Worth tracking closely. And unfortunately more evidence that space is militarizing, fast.
💥 At night, a strike was carried out on a Russian base in Bezimyane, Novoazovsky district. As a result of the strike and fire, we have confirmed information about 40 dead Russians, - Andriuschenko
Today in Kherson russian terrorists shelled a children’s playground.
Father — killed. Mother and two little daughters — hospitalized.
russians are murderers. Nothing else.
Horrific footage from Kramatorsk (Donetsk region). Russia dropped an air bomb on a residential area.
Putin demands that this city and these people must be given to him. He calls them "Russians." And every day, his army bombs and kills them.
РЕКОРДНЕ!
Ось те саме відео, де оператори ГВ БАС Фенікс вашим звичайним FPV-дроном залетіли на відстань понад 102 кілометри та влупили буханку
Донатьте на інновації!
Закиньте на Русоріз!
🇪🇪🇺🇦 Estonia, of course, is not happy that Ukrainian drones are on its territory. But the responsibility for these incidents lies with Russia, since it can stop the war even tomorrow, — Estonian Foreign Minister.
Did you hear her, Europe? One of Russia's main propagandists is openly telling you that they are your enemy.
Kremlin's talking head, whose only purpose is to deliver their talking points to the public, is saying they are fighting *you*. Is this enough of a wake-up call?
Вночі Сили оборони масовано атакували РФ, а також тимчасово окуповані Крим та Донецьк:
• У Туапсе вже вп'яте під ударом опинився місцевий порт (1).
• У Таганрозі ракети вдарили по території авіаремонтного заводу (2).
• У Воронежі атаковано аеродром ВКС РФ «Балтімор» (3).
• Окупаційна адміністрація заявляє, що Севастополь атакували ракети Storm Shadow (4).
• Також вибухи чули у Донецьку.
Nur den russischen Botschafter einzubestellen, reicht als Maßnahme natürlich nicht aus.
Putin lacht darüber.
Was ist notwendig?
- Alle 27 EU-Staaten beenden die diplomatischen Beziehungen mit Russland, und
- weisen alle Diplomaten aus.
- Lieferung Taurus.
https://t.co/KBEyMr3Ugn
❗️❗️ FT: Half (9/18) of the countries that previously financially supported the Czech initiative to supply ammunition to Ukraine have refused to finance it.
Less than half of the planned deliveries have now been funded.
Whenever UN workers and assets in Ukraine are attacked, the United Nations never seems to know who did it. Hint: they are still on the Security Council, but shouldn’t be.