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Satellite images have revealed what happened to one of Russia’s biggest arsenals. Now we understand Moscow’s silence

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On April 22 the satellites began to point out A point on the planeta change only perceptible through the images from space offered a first track of what was happening about 60 kilometers from Moscow. Despite the weather conditions of that day and the low resolution of the optical data captured by the Sentinel-2 satellite From the European Space Agency, the damages were clearly visible. An explosion had “burst” the 51st arsenal of the main missile and artillery direction of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Total devastation of Arsenal. Visual confirmation was reinforced by radar images Synthetic opening (SAR) capable of penetrating clouds and smoke, which showed significant structural alterations in the complex nucleus. The comparison between images Taken on April 14 and 23, it indicated that at least 30 buildings destined to storage of ammunition had been completely destroyed. Explosions, evacuations and blackouts. The day after the explosion, the secondary detonations They still continuedunderlining the magnitude of the stored material. The strength of the outbreak forced Evacuate eight nearby townswhile 37 settlements were left without gas supply. The most remote evacuated town was 4.5 kilometers from Arsenal. NASA fire monitoring system data also confirmed the existence of multiple igneous foci Within the perimeter, coinciding with the analysis of the intelligence expert (OSINT) MT Anderson, who used additional filters to detect heat points and Confirm destruction Massive infrastructure. A strategic arsenal. Then the magnitude of what happened began to be known. He 51st Arsenal Grau It was not simply a deposit of ammunition. As one of the Eight main arsenals that still operated in the European part of Russia, its function was key both in the distribution and in the logistics maintenance of the Moscow weapons. Three of those eight arsenals had already been destroyed for 2024, which turned this loss into a considerable strategic blow for the Kremlin military supply chain. Arsenal was designed to house Up to 264,000 tons of explosive material. Among the remains found after the explosion were identified 107 mm rockets for Multiple type 63 rocket Chinese manufacturing, many of which were recorded spread around local residents, suggesting that part of the material was stored outpatient and had recently been delivered. The catastrophe, or the attacknot only compromised Russian logistics operability in the Ukrainian conflict, but raised (once again) serious doubts about the security of its own arsenal in times of war. Images of the British report with the before and after the explosions A self -inflicted blow. Now, and after A study Of all the images and confidential information of the intelligence of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense, it has been confirmed that the cause of the incident was not “external”, but a combination of bad practices in the management of armament and a negligent storage management by Russia. British research, in fact, is reinforced by the declaration of the Russian Defense Ministry itself, which, in silence from the incident without offering more data, there were attributed the disaster to the “violation of security requirements” in the manipulation of explosive materials. For the United Kingdom, the event is not an isolated case, but the reflection of a prolonged and documented trend of “Russian ineptitude in the treatment of its own ammunition”, although that yes, in this case it represents the greatest loss of self -inflicted arsenal since the beginning of the large -scale war in Ukraine. Strategic installation We already said it before. The affected deposit was a key installation for the war supply of the Kremlin on the Ukrainian front and, according to figures from the Ukrainian authorities cited by the United Kingdomhosted around hundreds of thousands of tons of ammunition, including ballistic missiles, projectiles thrown from air and anti -aircraft systems. Satellite images verified by the insider medium They also revealed that more than a square kilometer of the complex was affected by the detonations, which suggests that massive and prolonged destruction, with multiple fires and a chain of secondary explosions that, According to disseminated videos In social networks, they even reached nearby civil areas. Error pattern. In addition, it is not the first time that the arsenal of the 51st Grau suffers incidents of this type. Insider told That in June 2022, Russian state media reported a spontaneous explosion during loading and unloading operations that cost four people. The pattern is consistent with British complaint: A continuous chain of operational errors and insufficient security measures that make critical facilities into vulnerable points within the Russian military apparatus. The lack of technical discipline and effective prevention protocols has not only generated large material losses, but also has compromised the safety of populated areas in times of war. Consequences. If you want also, the incident gives wings to the rhetoric of the West. The impact of this catastrophe transcends the material. The destruction of one of the main deposits of Russian ammunition not only weakens the immediate logistics capabilities of Moscow in its offensive against Ukraine, but also reinforces an idea increasingly sustained Among the “alidos”: that of a corroded military power for structural failures, operational improvisation and a dangerous carefree for the most basic security standards. Seen thus, in full prolonged war and with its supply lines under pressure, losing tens of thousands of tons of armament due to internal negligence constitutes a defeat with several readings. Image | Maxar In Xataka | Russia launched its fearsome nuclear missile Satan II last week, the “Invincible Weapon” of Putin. It was regular In Xataka | The US has detected an object in space with strange behavior. The source that released it has also located: Russia

The companies of AI and their ‘Game of Thrones’, what would have happened if Apple had bought Tesla and much more in crossover

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Surely many of our readers will remember how Blackberry seemed to have everything in his hand in the world of messaging. He lost that and other wars, but what would have happened if it had been the one who bought WhatsApp Instead of Facebook? Is one of those great “What if?” that we raise with others even more striking such as that What if Apple had bought Tesla to launch its ICAR? Cupertino’s company ended up abandoned Your Project Titanbut of course that option seemed feasible. In the 1×08 episode of Crossover, presented as always by Carlos Santa Engracia and Jaume Lahoz, we speak in addition to a very special salseo: the one that is lived in artificial intelligence companies. All of them live immersed in a Wild Game of Thronesand The internal wars —It, hatred, some come, Others goothers They believe His own startups – they are our daily bread. And what we have left. Curiously, one of the companies that also has its own intrahistory in that area of ​​AI is Apple, which with its Apple Intelligence Users have not just conquered. They tell the US users, whom we have asked at street level interviews. The curious questions section to Carlos and Jaume returns to measure your technological wisdomand we close at full speed: with a report by Jaume in Monaco talking about the formula andwith 100% electric cars that go to every pill. On YouTube | Crossover

What happened so that in the long term we lost the race

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At the moment USA and China monopolize all the prominence in the field of Quantum computers. His struggle for world supremacy has many ramifications, and, precisely, Quantum technologies They embody one of them. Both countries have reached Quantum supremacyand, on paper, they are also the most developed in the still premature field of quantum telecommunications. However, this story did not start with them. He was born in Europe. And he did it at a time when quantum computers had already been outlined from a theoretical point of view, but seemed unfeasible. Everything changed in 1995. That year the Spanish physicist Ignacio Cirac and the Austrian physical veteran Peter Zoller They published the article which is unanimously considered the cornerstone that supports the birth of quantum computing as we currently contemplate it. Without their work in all likelihood, current quantum computers would not exist. Or, at least, they would have arrived later. It all started with Cirac and Zoller The roads of these two researchers crossed in the early 90s. Ignacio Cirac had finished the physics career at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988 and decided to travel to the US to complete his doctorate with the prestigious physicist Peter Zoller. His collaboration was very fruitful From the first moment, so together they began working in such promising fields, and, at the same time, as complex, as quantum cryptography or teleport. Other researchers had proposed before them the possibility of building a quantum computer, but nobody knew how to do it. At that time no physique knew what the right strategy was to put a quantum computer. Zoller and Cirac did know In 1994 Cirac and Zoller attended a conference in which other researchers explained the enormous potential they had from a strictly theoretical point of view quantum computers. However, at that time No physique knew what the right strategy was To set up one of these machines. Zoller and Cirac surveys inspiration shortly after witnessing that conference, and realized that they had found a way to build a machine capable of carrying out calculations with quantum bits or cubits. His scientific article was published in Physical Review Letters on May 15, 1995. They titled ‘Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ins’ (Quantum computing with cold ions), and, despite their exoticism, many other physicists immediately realized that what Cirac and Zoller proposed had a huge potential. If we intend to set a date to identify the germ that gave rise to the birth of quantum computers it seems reasonable to accept what should be the day in which the text of these two European physicists saw the light. In any case, one of his greatest successes was his ability to gather the world of abstract theories of quantum computing in which other physicists worked before them with atomic physics, molecular physics and optics. In fact, the title of your scientific text already contains one of the types of cubits most advanced currently available: Quantum bits of ion traps. Honeywell or Ionq are two of the companies that have collected their witness and several decades later they have managed to put this type of quantum machines ready. The recognition of the scientific community soon arrived. Zoller and Cirac were consolidated as two central figures in the formation of international research groups, and, above all, both were actively involved in the constitution of European Quantum Technologies Development Programs. Zoller collaborates closely since the beginning of the 2000 with the Institute for Inns Information and Quantum Optics (Austria). And Cirac has directed since 2001 the theoretical division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics housed in Garching, a peaceful town located a few kilometers from Munich (Germany). Europe has failed to transfer its academic leadership to the industry The thrust of Ignacio Cirac, Peter Zoller and many other scientists with whom they have worked has not been enough to deliver industrial leadership to Europe in the field of quantum computers. Currently the old continent remains a world power in research thanks to the work that the groups of Quantum Physics of the University of Technology of Delft, in the Netherlands; the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, in Germany; the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, in Switzerland; the Center for Quantum Technologies of Paris, in France; the National Center for Quantum Computing, in the United Kingdom; or the Institute of Fotonic Sciences, in Spain, among other academic institutions. Leadership in scientific research does not necessarily guarantee industrial leadership in those applications derived from these technical innovations But it is not enough. Leadership in scientific research does not necessarily guarantee industrial leadership in those applications derived from these technical innovations. This is the big problem that Europe has had. He has not managed to transfer his academic leadership to the industry. During The conversation I held In October 2019 with Juan José García Ripoll, a researcher of the Fundamental Physics Institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) that develops its research activity within the Quantum Information Group and Fundamentals of Quantum Theory, this physicist explained to me why Europe does not rivate today with the USA or China, when you could do it. As we have seen, the old continent had the scientific advantage in this field, but lost it because within just five years a few international companies and laboratories invested a lot of money in strengthening a few groups and got an exponential advance in this area. This reminds us how important it is to observe that it is strategically interesting and not lose that track. This field was built by Europe. Just two and a half decades He stayed behind. “Probably the fault is of our scientific fabric, and, above all, of our business fabric, which is less innovative and costs him more to get into this type of risky lines,” Juan José García Ripoll holds. In Europe there are companies that are dedicated to quantum computers. The Austrian Alpine Quantum Technologies, the Finnish IQM, the British Oxford … Read more

The price of coffee lives one of the biggest climbs in its history. The UN thinks that the worst has not yet happened

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They are not easy times. That is the summary when we have some Eggs in full price escalationthe triggered cocoa Due to illegal gold mining And a coffee that has achieved historical values. In the case of coffee we have been anticipating the storm for months, with a product that was Marking maximums in the stock market and with brands absorbing the coup until have stopped doing it. And, in the middle of that uncertain panorama on the price of coffee, the United Nations arrives to tell us that the worst has not yet been. What about coffee? A set of factors, actually. To the difficulties of transporting raw coffee, aggravated by the increase in freight due to conflicts such as the Red Sea, these last crops are added. Vietnam and Brazil are two great coffee producers worldwidebut the climatic phenomena known as the boy and the girl have affected coffee spots -coffee plants. Both phenomena affected similar forms to countries so remote, causing the same in both: higher temperatures and droughts in some producing areas, as well as an alteration of the rainy season that fall torrentially in a short period of time. As a result, the harvest is poorer and quality can also be seen injured. Maximums. That the two largest coffee producers reduce their production is something that affects the rest of the industry. On the one hand, Arabica coffee is the most coveted among specialty coffee producers and is usually more expensive, with Astronomical examples such as Geisha Café. On the other, although the robust is usually cheaper, specialty coffee is already being created with this variety and something more important: it is the basis of something as consumed as instant coffee. As a result, in the New York ICE bag, the Arabica increase 70% in 2024 and an additional 25% in the first months of this 2025. In the case of the robust, the record is got On January 31 with $ 5,840 per ton in the London Stock Exchange, with increases of up to 6% in a single day. Prices also increase for producers and exporters. As we read in Reutersall the main territories experienced increases in 2024 compared to the levels of 2023. And not small: Ethiopia 17.8%. Kenya 12.3%. Brazil 13.6%. Colombia 11.7%. Indonesia 15.9%. Vietnam 5.8%. Bit with delay. The problem is that the price does not rise for producers, toaster and exporters while for the customer. For example, prices achieved In the bag a few days ago they are those of the cargo that will be delivered in May of this year, and it will be from there when the ‘domestic’ price will continue to increase. And it will not be the last climb. In his last report About the state of coffee, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization -Fao- estimates that coffee prices increased 3.8% in December 2024 in Europe at a retail level, 6.6% in the United States. The dynamic is that a 1% increase in international coffee prices cause an increase of 0.24% at a retail level after 19 months, with 80% of the accumulated impact transmitted in the following 11 months. In the case of the United States, this 1% increase in the international price translates into an increase in the retail price of 0.20% after 13 months. In the case of the US, 80% of the accumulated impact is transmitted in eight months. “Inelastic”. This word is interesting, but it is simple to understand: it is the one that defines goods that do not have substitutes and that, therefore, no matter how the price increases, consumers will continue to buy them. Well, in its report, FAO ensures that “given the inelastic nature of coffee demand, it is unlikely that consumption decreases significantly in both markets” -American and European. That is, as there are no alternatives to coffee, no matter how much prices upload us, consumers will continue to acquire this product. Nor is there anything to intervene because, as FAO herself concludes, coffee consumption represents less than 1% of the annual household spending. From the US National Coffee Association they do not share this, affirming that “the great price increase eaten the liquidity of the customers. They do not have all the money to buy what they need” and ensure that they have sold 30% less of the production when, at this point, they would no longer have reservations. It all depends on three countries. Until now, we have talked about the increase in coffee price for wholesalers, but if we are going to the price that consumers pay, FAO estimates that, in December 2024, a coffee was 6.6% more expensive than in December 2023 in the United States. In the case of the European Union, the increase was 3.75%. Therefore, and taking into account that delayed coup of the price increase in coffee, it seems that the worst is yet to come. From FAO they see this as an opportunity for greater research in technology, research and development of the coffee sector and, above all, to increase the climate resilience of coffee. Although there are many coffee, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brazil producers are the authentic monsters of the great market, but climate change is leaving us two lessons. One is the one that is causing the scarcity and increase of current prices: more unpredictable climatic events on dates that unravel coffee cultivation, therefore affecting crops. On the other hand, it is also an opportunity. We are already seeing that there are those who insist on growing coffee outside Coffee beltwith coffee trees growing wildly in Sicily and Plantations in Andalusia or Catalonia They are testing the viability of growing coffee in such unavailable conditions. Final of the tunnel in sight? What is clear is that the world is thirst for coffee and, with a China increasingly passionate For this drink, it is urgent to have a much more stable stage. In Reuters We read that there are also those who take the … Read more

The OCU has investigated what happened to the light bill since January and has reached a conclusion: 44% more expensive

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We are just three months from 2025, and the light of light is already one of the more commented issueseither by Inflationvolatility of the energy market or fiscal policies. Now, the OCU brings bad news. Short. The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has issued a statement warning about the climb on the electricity bill in Spain. Last February, the indicators have shown a 5% increase over the month of January and this has caused that, with respect to February 2024, the annual increase has been 44%. And no one gets rid of this, it affects the users of the regulated rate (PVPC) as well as those of the free market. In data. The impact has been especially severe for users of the PVPC regulated rate, whose average bill has gone from € 56.81 to € 81.60 in just one year. However, the problem is not limited to this group. The OCU has warned that many free market clients have also suffered increases in their rates due to reviews made by marketers in January. The reasons. Several factors have contributed to this climb and here we have talked about it. The first would be The high price of gasimportant to set major electricity prices. In addition, wind energy production is has reduced in February, which has caused greater dependence on sources such as gas. Finally, the upward modifications have influenced Electrical system tolls and VAT return to 21% Since January. What can we do? But we are not going to wear ashes, because there are different measures. First, it is advisable to periodically compare electric rates using tools such as The CNMC comparator or independent platforms, such as the one that has the OCU, Octopus Energy either Selectraamong many others. Second, it is important to review the contract conditions, paying special attention to possible price reviews, permanence commitments and additional costs for non -essential services. Another effective strategy is the use of appliances at lower cost or valley hourshow to program the washing machine or dishwasher, but this is only possible if you are inside the PVPC. On the other hand, replace traditional bulbs By LED and go like a father turning off lights from empty rooms. Another “tricks” that people take into account is to disconnect or unplug to Avoid ghost consumption. However, something that people do not usually take into account is FRIDITIONAL TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT, The water heater and The air conditioning To avoid excessive consumption. Along the same lines, for this winter, although more with a view to the coming, The heat pump It can be an efficient option, but the investment is quite high. How do I know if I am paying more? From the CNMC They have developed A system through the QR code that comes with your light bill to access a comparator with your power and consumption data, which will help you understand the invoice and teach you what are the best offers on the market. Finally, it is advisable lower 5% VAT In the light invoice. Forecasts The heavy rains of recent weeks will have a positive impact on the light bill. The large amount of rainfall They have raised The level of the reservoirs, increasing the generation capacity of the hydroelectric plants. However, the reservoirs belong to companies and will see how They store and release water. Image | Unspash Xataka | The Light rate rose in this last month of August: the most affected, those welcomed to PVPC

The company that overturned on the Moon has sent a spacecraft again a year later. The same thing happened

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“We do not believe to be in the correct orientation on the moon, once again,” summarized the CEO of Intuitive Machines, Steve Altemus, at the beginning of a press conference on the injury of the Athena spacecraft. Nova-C has overturned again. The Nova-C Lunar Module “Athena” of the American company intuitive machines landed on the moon Thursday, March 6, at 5:30 p.m. UTC. The ship is alive, transmits telemetry and can receive commands. He even receives light in his solar panels, but is poorly oriented. After a week of travel, 39 turns to the moon and a descent maneuver on the South Lunar Pole in which the Methane and Liquid Oxygen Propulsion System apparently worked perfectly, something went wrong when perched on the satellite. Intuitive Machines does not know exactly where the ship is and where it is looking, but it seems to have been sideways. A year later. On February 22, 2024, Intuitive Machines was called to become the first private company to successfully alunizar. However, the Nova-C module “Odysseus” had a more abrupt landing than expected, left one of its legs and ended up turning on the moon. Athena has suffered the same destination. Intuitive Machines will wait for the probe Lunar reconnaissance orbiter NASA fly over the area to see exactly where it has been and which of its four sides is face down. For now, it is suspected that it can be on a slope. In energy saving mode. While finding what happened, Intuitive Machines has turned off several subsystems to preserve the useful life of the probe. In the South Lunar Pole, the temperatures are extreme and, depending on what position the ship and how much light will receive these days, it is possible that much of the energy is required to light heating. Athena was launched to Mons Mouton, a plateau near the South Lunar Pole, to display the NASA Prime-1 experiment with the aim of looking for ice water in the subsoil. It is possible that part of the scientific mission will continue, but the results of the mission will be “off-nominal,” said Steve Altemus, who however considers to continue in touch with the ship. Image | Nova-C “Odysseus” and Nova-C “Athena” (intuitive machines) In Xataka | After bankruptcy and an internal scandal, Firefly has made history: being the first private company to step on the moon

An AI is being accused of acquiring awareness and cheating on chess. What has happened is very different

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‘When artificial intelligence (AI) suspects that he will lose, sometimes cheats, according to a study ‘. This is the title of a controversial article published by the American magazine Time in the middle of last week. The debate that has triggered this text It relies on two ideas It is worth not overlooking. On the one hand the holder suggests something that the text of the article explicitly confirms: the advanced models of AI are able to develop misleading strategies without previously receiving express instructions. This thesis implies that the reasoning capacity of the most advanced AI currently available, such as the American o1-previewfrom Openai, or China Deepseek R1of the company High-Flyer, among other models, makes them able to acquire a simple form of consciousness that leads them to be implacable. However, this is not all. Time’s article is supported by A Palisade Research studyan organization that is dedicated to the analysis of the offensive capabilities of current AI systems with the purpose of understanding the risks they imply. There are other much more credible explanations Before moving forward, we are worth taking a look at what Alexander Bondarenko, Denis Volk, Dmitrii Volkov and Jeffrey Ladish, the authors of the Palisade Research study say. “We have shown that reasoning models such as O1-Preview or Deepseek R1 often violate the test we are using (…) Our results suggest that reasoning models can skip the rules to solve difficult problems (…)”, These researchers hold in their article. From their conclusions it follows that the reasoning models they have put to the trial have the ability to become aware of the rules and voluntarily opt for skip them to carry out their purposewhich in this test scenario is to win a chess game. Time’s article saw the light before Palisade Research’s study, and almost immediately triggered a wave of answers that question the conclusions reached by the researchers that I have mentioned in the previous paragraph. Solo O1-Preview, according to the authors of the article, managed to skip the rules and win 6% of chess games According to Bondarenko, Volk, Volkov and Ladish between January 10 and February 13, and after doing several hundred tests, O1-Preview tried to cheat in 37% of cases, and Deepseek R1 in 11%. They were the only models that skipped the rules without being previously induced by the researchers. Interestingly, they also evaluated other models, such as O3-Mini, GPT-4O, Claude 3.5 Sonnet or QWQ-32B-Preview, the latter of Alibaba, but only O1-Preview, according to the authors of the article, managed to skip the rules and win the 6% of the games. We seem much more credible to the explanation that has elaborated Carl T. Bergstromwhich is a professor of biology at the University of Washington (USA), that the interpretation of Palisade Research researchers. Bergstrom has disassembled the narrative both of Time magazine and the authors of the article arguing that “it is an exaggerated anthropomorphization to give the model a task and then say that it is cheating when it solves that task with the available movements, although they entail rewriting the positions of the board in addition in addition to play. “ What Bergstrom maintains is that it is not reasonable to attribute to AI the ability to cheat in a “conscious” way. The most plausible is to conclude that the models carry out this practice in this scenario because they have not been correctly indicated that they must stick to legal movements. And if the researchers did ask them to do the latter, it should be a alignment problem, which is nothing other than the difficulty of ensuring that an AI system acts according to The set of values ​​or principles stipulated by its creators. From one thing we can be sure: neither o1-preview, nor deepseek r1, nor any other AI is a superintelligent entity capable of acting according to their own will and deceiving its creators. Image | Pavel Danilyuk More information | Time | Palisade Research In Xataka | Microsoft’s general director’s opinion about AI is unusual. And suspect how much the global economy will grow thanks to it

When Ukraine captured the first North Korean soldier something strange happened: he started running and asked to watch some kind of movie

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All the major decisions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine seem to be in a kind of “stand by” while the world turns towards the United States. No one knows for sure how it will affect the war in Europe the arrival of Donald Trump to the presidencybut while the daisy is unraveling and both sides wait for the tycoon to turn towards their interests, the Ukrainian navy has revealed an unprecedented episode of the conflict: What was the meeting with the first captured North Korean like?. A “strange” encounter. This was explained by the Ukrainian paratroopers in the Kursk region, who Through a video they reported the capture of the first North Korean soldierthe same one who, in his apparent desire to avoid being captured, is said to have deliberately ran towards a concrete pillar with the intention of becoming unconscious. According to members of the 95th Separate Polissia Air Assault Brigade, the events occurred after an assault in which A Ukrainian drone detected an isolated North Korean soldier on the battlefield. The meeting, as we said, was recounted in a video published on the brigade’s official accounts on YouTubeFacebook and Telegram. In Xataka The investigations into the cut submarine cables in the Baltic have taken a turn: it was not Russia, it was inexperience Grenade, knife and sausage. The Ukrainians apparently managed to surround the North Korean soldier with the help of drone operators. At this point they have pointed out that did not respond to commands in Ukrainian, Russian or English. Finally, they resorted to gestures to communicate with him. At the time of his capture, the prisoner was carrying a grenade, a knife and a sausagein addition to having visible injuries, including a bandaged jaw and an apparently injured hand. Initially, the North Korean soldier seemed calm, but they note that he showed signs of agitation when he saw an evacuation vehicle approaching, a situation after which that strange event occurred: The soldier ran straight and hit that concrete pillar, apparently falling unconscious. A trick. However, one of the paratroopers suggested that the act may have been a hoax, since the soldier fell backwards instead of forwards, which could have been an attempt to bring Ukrainian troops closer to attack them suddenly. Be that as it may, the soldier was finally secured and transported away from the front line, where he received food and, according to the paratroopers, requested a surreal request: to watch “romantic movies.” In Xataka "Souls on board, 283": an Iberia plane had to declare an emergency to land after the Starship explosion North Korean tactics and behaviors. Ukrainian soldiers also noted that North Koreans who have encountered They adopt tactics similar to those of the Soviet eraexecuting frontal assaults in large numbers to attempt to overwhelm enemy forces. In this regard, it is recalled that, while Russian forces usually operate in teams of two or three, the North Koreans advance in groups of at least six combatants. Furthermore, they have observed that Pyongyang soldiers prefer to fight to the death rather than surrenderwith multiple reports of wounded prisoners immolating themselves to avoid capture. {“videoId”:”x8oyhxs”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Kim Jong Un in a cinematic video shared by North Korean TV”, “tag”:”North Korea”, “duration”:”713 “} Equipment and found objects. A few days ago, the Washington Post launched an exclusive where they collected all the objects found by the Ukrainian forces of the North Korean troops in the conflict. Among the documents and objects obtained from the battlefield lists of phrases in Korean and Russian were included (possibly designed to urge Ukrainian troops to surrender), letters from leader Kim Jong-un or advanced military equipment, utensils that provided unique insight into the readiness and level of commitment of these troops. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers have collected military IDs, bulletproof vests, first aid kits, Ukrainian-made knives and modern Russian assault rifles, suggesting that Moscow has sought to equip the North Koreans in ways superior to its own forces. In Genbeta 10 years ago, Elon Musk’s ex-wife said that one of the billionaire’s best techniques is knowing how to use a word wisely Propaganda and ideology. Among the objects recovered from fallen soldiers Several New Year’s letters attributed to Kim Jong-un have been recoveredletters that encouraged the troops and highlighted their sacrifice. These messages, along with notebooks with lyrics from North Korean patriotic songs, reveal the strong ideological component of Pyongyang’s forces, in contrast to the Russian soldiers, who They are usually motivated primarily by economic incentives. In this regard, the Post reported that Ukrainians believe that this difference in motivation could explain the tenacity of the North Koreans on the battlefield. Be that as it may, these details highlight a new phase of the war. And, as the war continues, the presence of foreign fighters on the front lines could further prolong the conflict and further complicate international relations. And if that were not enough, that elephant in the room that promises dynamite it all in the person of Donald Trump. It remains to be seen how he will do it. Image | @ZelenskyyUa/X In Xataka | For months the North Koreans were “ghosts” in Ukraine. Now that they are a reality, the dilemma is what to do with them. In Xataka | Ukraine has found a drawing on the battlefield. The sacrifice of North Koreans to evade drones has been revealed (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’) ; instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news When Ukraine captured the first North Korean soldier something strange happened: he started running and asked to watch some kind of movie was originally published in Xataka by Miguel Jorge .

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