BREAKING: Following the destruction of Luch-1, European security officials have said they believe that both Luch-1 and 2 have intercepted data from key European satellites.

Since its launch in 2023, Luch-2 has made close approaches to at least 17 satellites, sometimes shadowing for months, likely exposing "command link" data that could be used to disrupt or even crash these satellites.

Russia has also launched 2 more, Cosmos 2589 and 2590, last year. The US and China also have these satellites but Russia has been getting bolder with their actions in the last few years.

What makes this worse is that many of the satellites have limited or no encryption, because they've been in space for so long, before it was strictly necessary to encrypt data. These range in use, but at least some are used for civilian internet & some government and military communication

🇫🇷🥖In France, a 24-year-old man inserted a World War I artillery shell into his ass and sought medical attention because he was unable to remove it, according to the Daily Mail.

As a result, the entire hospital was evacuated, and criminal charges were filed against the man.

3rd time this exact scenario plays out in the last 5 years btw

https://www.businessinsider.com/france-man-had-wwi-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-by-hospital-2022-12

🇷🇺🇺🇸The Trump administration believes that restoring trade ties between the US and Russia will prevent the resumption of war. — Foreign Policy

If this happens to you you should be trying to detonate the thing, because at least dying from it is less embarrassing than being discovered in a hospital with one in your ass

new winnings

Just read it yesterday, lol

🇷🇺Parents forced their child to blackmail his rapist for 500,000 rubles

New details have emerged in the case of the murder of a 9-year-old boy near St. Petersburg.

The pedophile decided to commit murder after the boy demanded money for his silence.

The child's body was recovered today from a stream near the village of Velikoye Zaboroddy.

🇷🇺🇩🇪German far-right politician Jörg Dornau, an MP in the Saxony parliament from the AfD party, has been accused of using political prisoners as cheap labour on his onion farm in Belarus.

According to former detainees and prison watchdogs, around 30 political prisoners were made to work on the farm in early 2024, earning about 4 euro a day. Many had been jailed for minor acts of dissent, such as liking social media posts critical of the Belarusian regime.

The farm is reportedly linked to a company Dornau set up in Belarus in 2020, shortly after mass protests against President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Dornau has not responded to the allegations. AfD officials have largely declined to comment, with some party members dismissing the claims as a smear campaign.

The party also retained Petr Bystron, another MEP, who is being investigated by German police and prosecutors on suspicion of money laundering and corruption. He is suspected of taking funds from the Kremlin in exchange for spouting Russian propaganda. Bystron denies any wrongdoing.

🇷🇸🇺🇸Serbian government officials face forgery trial over withdrawn Kushner-linked project

The plan was backed by the government of Serbia’s autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic who had said it would help improve ties with the U.S. But the Serbian public and international heritage groups opposed the idea to turn a protected cultural heritage zone into a commercial compound.

These **** haves their stake in everywhere

In December 2024, Kushner revealed that he had raised an additional $1.5bn for Affinity Partners from investment funds controlled by Qatari and UAE government officials. In a podcast interview, Kushner said he had “pre-emptively tried to avoid any conflict” by securing new funding from his existing investors before Trump won the presidential election.

The added funds brought the firm’s total assets to $4.8bn by the end of last year, nearly 99% of it from foreign sources. The increase in management fees raked in by Affinity has also boosted Kushner’s personal wealth, and turned him into a billionaire.

Fell for it award

^In Beirut
^Learns of a pro-hezbollah protest taking place not too far from me
^Drives there to check
^Giant Iranian flag visible from a distance
^U-turn on the spot