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‘Stalin-esque’ attitudes hold back engineering powerhouse Ukraine, says American aerospace student in Kyiv

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Ukraine could be a space technology superpower but the country is held back by “Stalin-esque” attitudes that treat experts like peasants, says American aerospace engineering student Aaron Harford who chose Ukrainian capital Kyiv for his Ph.D. studies four years ago.  A mid-life divorce prompted Harford, at that time a math professor at Henderson State University … Read more

Satellite images spot Russian artillery firing on Kyiv, Ukraine

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New satellite views from space show the Russian military moving towards Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday (March 11), including images of a battalion firing upon the besieged capital. Muzzle flashes and smoke are visible in some of the satellite images obtained by Maxar’s WorldView-2 satellite, which has been watching the invasion of Ukraine by Russia since … Read more

Satellite photos show huge Russian military convoy nearing Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

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Satellites have captured images of a massive convoy of Russian military vehicles 40 miles long (65 kilometers) nearing the besieged Ukrainian capital Kyiv as the country continued its resistance against Russia on the sixth day of that country’s invasion. The images, captured Monday (Feb. 28), show the convoy stretching from the town of Prybirsk, in … Read more

Mriya, The World’s Largest Plane, Has Been Destroyed by Russia’s Strikes on Ukraine

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The largest plane in the world – Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane – was destroyed by Russian strikes outside Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion, Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom group said Sunday.   “Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of the Ukrainian aviation, the AN-225” at the Antonov airport in Gostomel near Kyiv, the group said … Read more