⚡️ Russian-occupied Abkhazia left without electricity due to hydroelectric station shutdown.
Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia lost all electricity supply due to the shutdown of the only power station supplying energy to the region, TASS reported on Dec. 11.
The region has recently faced energy shortages aggravated by a growing spat with its Russian patrons. Moscow has cut almost all funding, including money crucial for the energy sector, after Abkhazia's local council voted against a controversial investment agreement with Russia.
Assad ist unsicher, ob er vor seiner Abreise den Herd ausgemacht hat https://www.der-postillon.com/2024/12/assad-herd.html
The three involved hackers #Redford, #q3k and #MrTick gave a talk on the 37th Chaos Communication Congress #CCC to tell how they managed to break the company's #DRM to get the trains to work again: https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains
#RailwaySunday #Poland #SerwisPojazdówSzynowych #FreeSoftware #RightToRepair
1/2 In June 2022 Polish train repair shop Serwis Pojazdów Szynowych #SPS asked the ethical hacking group #DragonSector for help after their trains had "mysterious failures", leaving the trains completely unusable. Analysing the train's software, the hackers concluded that the train manufacturer bricked the trains on purpose because the train was taken to an independed repair shop.
🛰️🌍🛰️ The EU Space Programme is growing stronger!
Yesterday at 22:20 CET, Copernicus Sentinel-1C launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission of satellites monitors and detects among others:
🚢 Oil spills and illegal maritime activities
🌧️ Floods and icebergs
🌋 Landslides and volcano eruptions
It's time to write the next chapter of this EU-funded space saga.
⚡️ Romania targeted by 'aggressive Russian hybrid attacks,' authorities say amid elections.
Romanian authorities on Dec. 4 declassified evidence of what they described as a "highly organized" social media campaign backed by a "state actor" to boost pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu in a recent vote.
The Romanian foreign intelligence agency (SIE) pointed to "aggressive Russian hybrid attacks, including cyberattacks, information leaks, and sabotage" targeting Romania.
#BBCNews - Biden's Angola visit aims to showcase his attempts to rival China
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq9jyv827do
While many European countries (e.g #Germany) are careful not to escalate the war in #Ukraine, #Russia doesn't hide its readiness to do so:
“former Russian president, Dmitry #Medvedev, warned on Sunday that #Georgia was ‘moving rapidly along the Ukrainian path, into the dark abyss’, adding: ‘Usually this sort of thing ends very badly.’”
Was können wir von Moldau lernen? Solche versteckten Aktivitäten und Manipulationen von Feinden der Demokratie ans Licht zu zerren. Nicht hinzunehmen, sondern klar zu zeigen, wie deren Strategie funktioniert. Wessen Interessen hier verfolgt werden.
Wenn Demokratiefeinde freie Rede fordern, um die Demokratie zu bekämpfen, dann muss klar gesagt werden: Es geht hier nicht um Meinungsfreiheit, sondern um den hybriden Krieg. Propaganda ist nicht von der Meinungsfreiheit gedeckt.
La Trochita (lit. "The Little Gauge", though known in English as the "Old Patagonian Express") is a 750 mm narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. It is a heritage railway of 402 km through the Andes. The majority of the rolling stock still in use today entered service in 1922 (including all locomotives).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Trochita
#RailwaySunday #LatinAmerica #Argentina #LaTrochita #PatagonianExpress #HeritageRailway
Russia's hybrid warfare may trigger NATO defence clause, Germany says
German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl says that Moscow's acts of sabotage against Western targets could spur NATO to invoke Article 5 defence clause.
The #VibrantExpress (Chinese: 動感號), also known as #MTR #CRH380A or #MTR380A, is a high-speed train operated by #HongKong government-owned public transport operator MTR. It entered service on 23 September 2018, has a capacity of 581 seats and an operational speed of 350 km/h.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrant_Express
Photo credit: N509FZ/CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CRH380A-0251@FTI_(20180927161411).jpg
EU funded scheme delivers one million ammunition to Ukraine, looks at industry direct investment
The Europeans will have sent Ukraine more than one million rounds of ammunition before 2025, the EU's outgoing top diplomat Josep Borrell said on the 1000-day anniversary of Russia's invasion (19 November).
On Nov. 21, Ukraine commemorates the Day of Dignity and Freedom, marking 11 years since a group of activists and journalists gathered on Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) to protest the government.
15 years after the last game of the franchise was released, #STALKER2 #HeartOfChornobyl is finally available to buy.
While some of the Ukranian developers were drafted to defend their country after #Russia's invasion, others were able to leave #Ukraine to continue their work. The resilience and struggle of the whole team makes the release even more special.
I can't wait to be back in the #zone.
Game release trailer:
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=PKO4PL8Xzik
Kreml-treuer Regionalpräsident von Abchasien tritt zurück
In der von Moskau kontrollierten georgischen Region Abchasien ist offenbar der Weg für Neuwahlen frei: Präsident Bschania tritt zurück, nachdem es tagelang Proteste gegen ein Abkommen mit Russland gegeben hatte.
Here should be a list of nouns and adjectives that describes my personality and what I stand for.