Shit happens: Flight engineer's night vision goggle battery pack cable "accidentally" switched off an engine of U.S. CV-22B helicopter.

— NVG cable looped around engine control lever, shutting off right engine.

— Aircraft struck ground at 40 knots, bounced, and slid 360 feet in Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico on August 2023 with no fatalities.

Damage: $2 million in repairs needed for antennae, lights, nose landing gear doors, and FLIR turret.

Source: The Aviationist

Polish journalist Anna Husarska visited Municipal Cemetery Number 17 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Husarska observed a dramatic increase in the number of soldier graves compared to her visit a year earlier.

She states:

"There seem to be twice as many graves of killed soldiers as I saw there exactly a year ago."

She wishes someone from the Biden administration would view her video footage of the cemetery.

Husarska poses a rhetorical question:

"How many more graves will there be next year if we keep Ukraine from fighting back?"

Source: WaPo

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is set to be dismissed.

Other resignations today:

— Strategic Industries Minister: Alexander Kamyshin
— Justice Minister: Denys Maliuska
— Ecology Minister: Ruslan Strilets

"STINKY" Wi-Fi on U.S. Navy ship: Senior enlisted leaders of U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship USS Manchester's gold crew secretly installed an unauthorized Wi-Fi network during a 2023 deployment.

— They used a Starlink satellite internet dish installed on the ship's exterior, creating a network dubbed "STINKY".

— This allowed them to check sports scores, text home, and stream movies while rank-and-file sailors had restricted internet access.

— Command Senior Chief Grisel Marrero led the effort, involving the entire chiefs mess. Over 15 Manchester chiefs were implicated in purchasing, installing, and using the Starlink system.

— The ship's commanding officer, Cmdr. Colleen Moore, confronted Marrero multiple times, but Marrero repeatedly denied the network's existence.

— Marrero was relieved of duty in late 2023 and later convicted at court-martial.

— The chiefs paid $2,800 for the Starlink High Performance Kit. Monthly costs were divided among the chiefs, with options for $62.50 monthly or a one-time $375 fee.

Source: Navy Times

Ukrainian Army continues to utilize FPV drones to deploy thermite incendiary munitions against Russian positions.

Russian Army is also testing Ukraine's "Dragon's Breath" FPV drones to deploy thermite incendiary munitions.

It can reach temperatures exceeding 2,400 degrees Celsius (approximately 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit) when ignited.

Typically consists of iron oxide and aluminum powders.

Russia has established a covert trade channel with India to acquire sensitive goods and components for its war effort in Ukraine, FT reports.

— In October 2022, Russia planned to spend about 82 billion rupees (approximately $1 billion at the time) on securing critical electronics. Russia aimed to use rupees accumulated from oil sales to India to fund these purchases.

— The focus is on dual-use technologies (goods with both civilian and military applications) that are subject to Western export controls. These include components for telecommunications, server equipment, and other complex electronic systems.

— Russia explored building facilities in India to secure components. Moscow envisaged investing in Russo-Indian electronics development and production facilities.

— India-Russia trade reached an all-time high of $66 billion in the 2023-24 financial year, a fivefold increase from the year before the Ukraine invasion. India has been a major buyer of Russian crude oil since the invasion.

Ukrainian soldiers readying long-range kamikaze UAV Lyuty.

— Lyuty can strike targets approximately 1,500 kilometers away, making it one of the longest-range UAVs in Ukraine's arsenal.

— It is capable of carrying a payload of up to 50 kilograms, which typically includes high-explosive ordnance designed for precision strikes against critical infrastructure, such as oil refineries and military installations.

— Lyuty has been actively used to target key Russian facilities, including oil refineries, which are vital for the Russian economy.

Russian spy whale Hvaldimir found dead on September 2, 2024, near Stavanger, Norway.

— Circumstances of death are disputed. OneWhale suspects unnatural causes, citing visible injuries. Marine Mind reports no visible injuries.

— Hvaldimir was a beluga whale discovered off the coast of Norway in 2019.

— His name combines "hval" (Norwegian for whale) and "Vladimir" (referencing Putin).

— He was wearing a camera harness labeled "Equipment St. Petersburg".

The body of a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl pulled from under the rubble in Lviv today following Russian missile strikes.

World War I vibes: Russian Army "human wave" attack under Ukrainian artillery & mortar fire.

9-year-old Ukrainian girl was killed in her sleep by a Russian strike this morning in Lviv.

A family destroyed.

The man in this photo is the sole survivor—his wife and three daughters were killed by Russian strikes in their own home earlier today in Lviv.