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Ukraine Is the First “Hackers’ War”

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Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. These were not FPV drones, for the most part. On 4 March, a Ukrainian soldier flew a drone at a testing site near the town of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has about 150k daily users in Ukraine, confirms official

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Roughly 150,000 people are using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system in Ukraine every day, according to Digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov. To date, Starlink has provided Ukraine with stable internet access despite Russia’s efforts to disconnect the country from the World Wide Web. .

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Puzzling Out the Drone War Over Ukraine

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Eight years later, the Russians are again invading Ukraine. These include the Eleron-3SV and the Orlan-10 drones, both of which have been used extensively in Syria and Ukraine. An Orion was credited with an airstrike on a command center in Ukraine in early March 2022. unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs).

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Elon Musk sends Starlink terminals to Ukraine after official’s request

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Elon Musk has confirmed that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is now available in Ukraine, and more terminals are being sent over. We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand,” Fedorov wrote. . “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has thousands of active terminals in Ukraine, confirms minister

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Defense and space industry experts may have reservations about whether Starlink is useful in Ukraine as the country fights back against the Russian invasion, but Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov believes in satellite internet service’s effectiveness. Elon Musk, for his part, provided a quick comment to the Post.

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Tesla “Camp Mode” and other features become indispensable for Ukraine EV owners

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It’s not only Elon Musk’s Starlink terminals from SpaceX that are currently aiding people in Ukraine, which is still being attacked by Russian forces. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has shown the world harrowing images and videos of the war. Since fuel is scarce, EVs have become an ideal form of transportation.

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