Hacker News with Generative AI: Russia

Ukraine fires UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at Russia for first time (bbc.com)
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time, the BBC understands.
Ukraine, Russia, Military, Missiles, International Relations
37 points by pelasaco 12 hours ago | 5 comments
Russia sabotages six European satellites, Dutch TV also affected (Translated) (nos.nl)
Achter de verstoringen van kinderzender BabyTV gaat een uitgebreid Russisch offensief op Europese satellieten schuil. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Nieuwsuur.
Russia, Space, Satellites, News, Europe
19 points by donohoe 16 hours ago | 9 comments
Dutch children's channel outages caused by Russian sabotage of six satellites (nltimes.nl)
An extensive Russian offensive on European satellites was behind several disruptions to the children’s channel BabyTV, in which Russian propaganda played on the channel multiple times in the spring, Nieuwsuur discovered.
International Relations, Cyberwarfare, Media, Satellite Technology, Russia
10 points by mtlebe 22 hours ago | 0 comments
Russia bans crypto mining in several regions to address electricity shortages (themoscowtimes.com)
Authorities in Russia announced Tuesday plans to ban cryptocurrency mining in several regions this winter to address electricity shortages.
Cryptocurrency, Russia, Energy, Politics
3 points by giuliomagnifico 2 days ago | 1 comments
US extradites Russian for extorting millions in Phobos ransomware payments (techcrunch.com)
The U.S. government has secured the extradition of an alleged Russian hacker who allegedly served as a key administrator of the prolific Phobos ransomware operation.
Cybersecurity, Russia, Extortion, Ransomware
7 points by impish9208 2 days ago | 3 comments
Ukraine fires US-supplied long range missiles into Russia, defence ministry says (bbc.com)
Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks.
Ukraine, Russia, Military, War, International Relations
18 points by lsllc 2 days ago | 21 comments
Finland and Germany on the severed undersea cable in the Baltic Sea (auswaertiges-amt.de)
We are deeply concerned about the severed undersea cable connecting Finland and Germany in the Baltic Sea. The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times. A thorough investigation is underway. Our European security is not only under threat from Russia‘s war of aggression against Ukraine, but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors. Safeguarding our shared critical infrastructure is vital to our security and the resilience of our societies.
Cybersecurity, International Relations, Infrastructure, Europe, Russia
34 points by doener 2 days ago | 2 comments
UK undersea cables worth £7.4T a day under 'real threat' from Russia (independent.co.uk)
The UK’s vast web of undersea cables, interconnectors and pipelines are under a “very real and present threat” from Russia, a former Navy chief told Parliament.
Security, Geopolitics, Infrastructure, Russia, UK
9 points by toss1 3 days ago | 0 comments
Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with missiles (bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia, US officials say.
Ukraine, Russia, Politics, Military, International Relations
6 points by tmoravec 3 days ago | 4 comments
North Korea May End Up Sending Putin 100,000 Troops for His War (bloomberg.com)
North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations.
Politics, International Relations, War, North Korea, Russia
18 points by belter 4 days ago | 0 comments
Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles (nytimes.com)
President Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said.
Ukraine, Russia, Military, Politics, International Relations
62 points by subvertify 4 days ago | 114 comments
Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home (bbc.co.uk)
Soldiers returning from the war have claimed at least 242 lives, reports say
Russia, War, Violence, Domestic Violence
12 points by lifeisstillgood 4 days ago | 1 comments
Putin's oligarchs linked to funding Musk's takeover of Twitter (twitter.com)
Politics, Social Media, Business, Russia, Elon Musk
10 points by doener 4 days ago | 0 comments
Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home (bbc.com)
Soldiers returning from the war have claimed at least 242 lives, reports say
Russia, War, Violence, Crime, Military
11 points by tmoravec 4 days ago | 0 comments
Senators call for probe into Musk's alleged contact with Russia (bbc.com)
Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk's reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides.
Politics, Russia, Elon Musk, United States
15 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 4 days ago | 1 comments
Russia lost so many tanks that nation's largest studio donated movie props (twz.com)
Russia has lost so many tanks in Ukraine that the nation’s largest studio has donated movie props to bolster its armor force.
Russia, Ukraine, War, Military, Movie Industry
23 points by belter 5 days ago | 6 comments
Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating near cables off Dublin (rte.ie)
A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources.
Russia, Espionage, Military, Ireland, Cybersecurity
17 points by austinallegro 5 days ago | 1 comments
Democratic senators call for probe into Musk's Russia calls (cnbc.com)
Politics, Russia, Elon Musk, United States
14 points by belter 5 days ago | 0 comments
I Feel Unsafe (jezenthomas.com)
I awoke to the sound of a violent explosion earlier than I had wanted that morning. The walls, windows, and furniture vibrated. A cruise missile had struck a warehouse owned by a national supermarket chain, roughly a kilometre from the hotel I was staying in. The russians had fired it – targeting civilian infrastructure as they regularly do – perhaps a dozen minutes earlier. It was June 24th, 2024. The time was 07:03.
War, Ukraine, Russia, Personal Narrative, Travel
26 points by yakshaving_jgt 6 days ago | 5 comments
Russian Food Prices Skyrocket in Growing Concern for Kremlin (bloomberg.com)
Russians are facing a surge in food prices, creating a headache for President Vladimir Putin as he tries to balance the Kremlin’s military ambitions with a need for domestic stability.
Russia, Economics, Inflation, Politics, Food
12 points by toomuchtodo 7 days ago | 2 comments
You're being targeted by disinformation networks (reddit.com)
You know that Russia and other governments try to manipulate people online.  But you almost certainly don't how just how effectively orchestrated influence networks are using social media platforms to make you -- individually-- angry, depressed, and hateful toward each other.
Disinformation, Social Media, Russia, Political Manipulation, Online Influence
10 points by Raed667 7 days ago | 2 comments
An unearthly spectacle – The untold story of the biggest nuclear bomb (2021) (thebulletin.org)
In the early hours of October 30, 1961, a bomber took off from an airstrip in northern Russia and began its flight through cloudy skies over the frigid Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya. Slung below the plane’s belly was a nuclear bomb the size of a small school bus—the largest and most powerful bomb ever created.
Nuclear Weapons, History, Russia, Cold War
92 points by arethuza 8 days ago | 153 comments
Russian family lived alone in the Siberian wilderness for 40 years (2013) (smithsonianmag.com)
In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family of five in the taiga. They had been cut off from almost all human contact since fleeing religious persecution in 1936
History, Russia, Culture, Isolation, Survival
166 points by baxtr 9 days ago | 204 comments
Sweden nixed new wind farms for fear of missing Russian missiles (defensenews.com)
BERLIN — Sweden’s government this month blocked the construction of 13 offshore wind farms over concerns that they would shorten the country’s early-warning window for a Russian missile attack.
Sweden, Military, Defense, Energy, Russia
3 points by toss1 9 days ago | 3 comments
The Leningrad botanists who saved the first seed bank (theguardian.com)
During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger
History, Botany, Russia, Conservation
144 points by robaato 9 days ago | 44 comments
$50M semiconductor fraudster pleads guilty to Russian chip-exporting scheme (theregister.com)
The US is moving forward with its prosecution of a man who is accused of illegally shipping semiconductors to sanctioned businesses in Russia after he pleaded guilty to the multi-million-dollar scheme.
Semiconductors, Fraud, Russia, International Trade
10 points by sandwichsphinx 12 days ago | 1 comments
Russia's Flying Wing Drone Downed in Ukraine Packed with Western Components (twz.com)
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claims it has found dozens of Western-made components in the Russian S-70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter-B) flying wing unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) downed last month in a case of friendly fire.
Ukraine, Military Technology, Russia, Drones
42 points by tomohawk 12 days ago | 9 comments
Russia blocks websites that use Cloudflare's privacy service (therecord.media)
Russia’s media censor, Roskomnadzor, has blocked thousands of local websites that use an encryption feature from the U.S. company Cloudflare, designed to improve privacy and security for internet users.
Russia, Censorship, Privacy, Security, Internet
12 points by gslin 13 days ago | 0 comments
The creators of the Mozilla Firefox browser were fined in Russia (ria.ru)
Таганский суд Москвы оштрафовал на 3,5 миллиона рублей владельца браузера Mozilla за отказ удалить запрещённый контент, сообщили РИА Новости в суде.
Mozilla Firefox, Russia, Censorship, Law, Fines
3 points by paulcarroty 15 days ago | 0 comments
North Korean soldiers who have deployed to Russia struggling with pornography (twitter.com)
North Korea, Russia, Military, Social Issues, Censorship
10 points by impish9208 15 days ago | 4 comments