Shorouk Express A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has found. The so-called new safe confinement was built as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative in 2019 to replace the…
[ad_1] Facepalm: Amazon took down the internet again, but this time it wasn’t an AWS error. One of the retail giant’s drones severed an internet cable in Waco, Texas, last week, and the FAA is investigating the incident. On November 18 at around 12.45pm, an Amazon MK30 drone got caught on a hanging overhead internet…
Shorouk Express While politicians wrangle over Trump’s peace plan, soldiers are still dying, says Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, the Academy award winning director of 20 Days in Mariupol, gave The Independent an insight into morale on the frontline after the limited release of his latest documentary, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, put him straight on the…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Belgium’s defence minister has voiced alarm following a series of unidentified drone flights over the weekend near a military base housing US nuclear weapons. He has suggested…
Shorouk Express Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian port and oil tanker, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone attack set ablaze the Russian port of Tuapse and an oil tanker, the administration of Russia’s southern region of Krasnodar said today. “In the port of Tuapse, fragments of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) fell on an oil tanker,…
Shorouk Express Drones flying over airports, commercial sites and other sensitive infrastructure in Europe is a growing phenomenon which EU leaders blame on Russia, and preventing the disruption they cause will prove a tough technical challenge, observers say. Detecting the drones, making them non-operational by jamming them, or even shooting them down, are all complex…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Denmark has said it was the victim of a “hybrid attack” after repeated unexplained drone activity near five of its airports this week. The most recent was…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Another airport in Denmark has been closed due to drones, just two days after the country’s main hub was shut over sightings that rattled European aviation. Police…
Shorouk Express At least 19 drones entered Polish airspace that night, leading Poland to invoke Article 4 of the NATO treaty, which states that NATO allies will consult with one another when the territorial integrity of the alliance is threatened. On Sept. 12, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced the launch of the “Eastern Sentry” mission…
Shorouk Express A Russian military drone crashed in eastern Poland early Wednesday, jolting NATO’s eastern flank just as Western leaders struggle to advance fragile peace efforts with Moscow over Ukraine. The unmanned aircraft slammed into a cornfield near the village of Osiny, about 100 kilometers southeast of Warsaw. Local footage published by LukowTV showed a…
