Russia has been cutting the internet to stop drones — and it's driving a cash comeback

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Tara, Russia.
Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Russia.

Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

A $2,500 interceptor drone built to destroy Iranian Shaheds was recorded flying at the speed of a bullet train

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A Ukrainian holds the Sting, an interceptor drone created by the Wild Hornets.
Ukraine has seen limited use of interceptor drones to down the Shahed, but has in recent months been driving hard at development to counter Russia's growing drone waves.

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Video shows British-made fighter missiles, modified in 3 months to launch from the ground, scoring Russian drone kills

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A Ukrainian Asraam missile flies to strike a Russian drone.
The UK's defense ministry says Ukraine has fired over 400 modified Asraam missiles with the Raven and had a success rate of over 70%.

Ukrainian Air Force via YouTube/Screenshot

A Russian oil company says it paid out a $195,000 bounty to soldiers it credited with downing a US-made F-16 fighter jet in Ukraine

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A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Germany.
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Germany.

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I'm a ballroom dancer who joined Ukraine's special forces. The war took my leg, but I have no regrets signing up.

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Serhii Nazarenko dances with a partner in the left photo. On the right, he stands with his combat gear, rifle, and prosthetic leg on the right photo.
Serhii Nazarenko is an officer in the National Guard of Ukraine's Omega group, a special forces unit that initially handled counterterrorism and is now fighting Russia's invasion.

Both images courtesy of Serhii Nazarenko, left photo by Neel Shakilov

Trump says Putin is 'needlessly killing a lot of people' after Russia fires hundreds of missiles and drones at Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Astana; President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

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Russia's former president wants to seize a 'buffer zone' in Ukraine. It would take 91 years at Moscow's rate of advance.

Tech Insider : Business
Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech during a session of the educational marathon in Moscow against the backdrop of a mushroom cloud on a screen.
Dmitry Medvedev has been one of the Kremlin's most aggressive anti-West hawks.

Sputnik/Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS

Ukraine is using helium-filled balloons to extend the range of its attack drones

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Aerobavovna develops tethered aerostat systems equipped with specialized equipment.
Aerobavovna develops aerostat systems with specialized equipment.

Aerobavovna

A Chinese man who said he fought for Russia said he couldn't even go to the bathroom without an armed escort

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Zhang Renbo and Wang Guangjun speak to the international and Ukrainian media.
During a press conference on Monday, Zhang and Wang denied fighting against Ukraine voluntarily.

GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images

Captured Chinese soldier said TikTok videos convinced him to join Russia's armed forces after he lost his job

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Chinese prisoners of war Wang Guangjun and Zhang Renbo arrive to attend a press conference in Kyiv.
Wang Guangjun, pictured left, said he had seen promotional videos on Douyin, China's version of TikTok, for a job helping Russia's injured soldiers.

GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images

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