Invasion

Russia has been behind a series of cyberattacks linked with its conflict with Ukraine earlier this year with wide-ranging impact across Europe, the European Union (EU), the UK and the US said on Tuesday. The western allies said the most recent attack was on the communications company Viasat in Ukraine, which had a wider impact across the European continent, disrupting wind farms and internet users in central Europe.The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assesses that the Russian Military Intelligence was “almost…

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to ravage the east European country, several notable figures from around the world have expressed their concerns. The ongoing war in the country has left many Ukrainians homeless and taking shelter in bunkers and basements. Amidst the rising tensions in the East European region, notable authors and literary figures have issued a statement condemning the war.Signed by over 1,000 writers from around the world, the open letter released by PEN International on Sunday expressed…

Even though the Russian military action in Ukraine has heightened tensions between Moscow and the US, the two sides will continue to cooperate on operations of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said. The US space agency has said that its collaborative operations with the Russian space agency Roscosmos will continue as normal. Russia and the US have often collaborated on the multinational project previously. One of the most ambitious international collaborations ever attempted, the ISS was launched in 1988 and is…

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air.The former power plant was captured by Russian forces on Thursday after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said.The still-radioactive site of the 1986 nuclear disaster lies some 100km (62 miles) from Kyiv.Experts at Ukraine's…

Russia's space agency chief has warned the US that the slew of sanctions imposed on Moscow can "destroy our cooperation" on the International Space Station (ISS) and asked Washington if it wants to threaten India and China with the "possibility of a 500-tonne structure falling" on them.Russia and the US are the major partners in the ISS programme, which also includes Canada, Japan, and several European nations like France, Italy, and Spain. The US and its allies have decided to block assets of four large Russian banks,…

SpaceX chief Elon Musk warned there was a high chance the company's Starlink satellite broadband service could be "targeted" in Ukraine, which has been hit by Russian invasion.The warning came days after an internet security researcher warned that devices used for satellite communications could become "beacons" that Russia could target for airstrikes."Important warning: Starlink is the only non-Russian communications system still working in some parts of Ukraine, so probability of being targeted is high. Please use with…

SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk said on Saturday that the company's Starlink satellite broadband service is available in Ukraine and SpaceX is sending more terminals to the country, whose Internet has been disrupted due to the Russian invasion."Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route," Musk tweeted.He was responding to a tweet by an Ukraine government official who asked Musk to provide the embattled country with Starlink stations.“@elonmusk, while you try to colonise Mars — Russia try to occupy…

The US government began privately warning some American companies the day after Russia invaded Ukraine that Moscow could manipulate software designed by Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky to cause harm, according to a senior US official and two people familiar with the matter.The classified briefings are part of Washington's broader strategy to prepare providers of critical infrastructure such as water, telecoms and energy for potential Russian intrusions.President Joe Biden said last week that sanctions imposed on…

Taiwan will join "democratic countries" in putting sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the government said on Friday, with the world's largest contract chipmaker TSMC adding it would comply with all export control rules.The crisis is being watched closely in Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory and which has faced increased military pressure from Beijing over the last two years."We very harshly condemn such an act of invasion and will join democratic countries to jointly impose sanctions," Premier…

Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips, have halted their operations as Moscow has sharpened its attack on the country, threatening to raise prices and aggravate the semiconductor shortage.Some 45 percent to 54 percent of the world's semiconductor grade neon, critical for the lasers used to make chips, comes from two Ukrainian companies, Ingas and Cryoin, according to Reuters calculations based on figures from the companies and market…