Russian spacecraft Luna 25 has crashed on the moon’s surface. The spacecraft was expected to land a rover on the southern pole of the moon but failed to do so when the Russian space agency lost contact with it.
Russia has launched its first moon mission after nearly half a decade. Russia is aiming to become the first country to reach the moon’s south pole, something which hasn’t been accomplished by anyone previously. The lunar southern pool is believed to have huge water deposits, as per scientists.
The military rulers of Niger have asked for help from the Russian mercenary Wagner group, as per the latest media reports. The plea for the Russian private military group by Niger’s military rulers came at a time when Africa’s regional block is thinking of military intervention in the country to restore the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum.
German Defense Minister has said that the country’s armed forces cannot attract fresh recruits. The Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany, is struggling big time to find new recruits amid increasing Russian threat from the eastern border. The German armed forces are increasingly worried about the public’s interest in joining the military, the ministry said.
The judge of the International Court of Justice who issued an arrest warrant for Putin was declared ‘wanted’ by Russia. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs declared Tomoko Akane, from Japan, wanted under the Criminal Code article of the Russian constitution.
The US President has justified sending the controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine amid increasing pressure to counter Russian military advancements. Joe Biden said the decision was a very difficult one as the cluster bombs have the potential to cause widespread civilian harm, but the US has made sure the weapons will only be used in defense, White House statement said.
Thousands of people were evacuated after a major dam in Ukraine was blown up with explosives. Hundreds of towns were at risk of flooding after the destruction of a dam at Nova Kakhovka. According to the local Ukrainian media, the flood also damaged the Kazkova Dibrova zoo and killed more than 260 animals.
According to a senior member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia has lost around 50,000 scientists in the last five years. Valentin Parmon said that Russia has been constantly losing its key research scientists since 2014, when it annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
World’s military spending has reached an all-time high figure of $2.24 trillion in 2022. According to a leading military think tank, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased fears of escalation and most European countries have increased its defense budgets to unprecedent levels.
Russian pilots accidentally bombed their own city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border. A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet bombed a city square causing a 20-meter crater. Three people were injured, and several buildings collapsed nearby, according to the local administration.
A mysterious object that lit up the skies of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, fell from the sky, vanishing immediately after it was captured on phones. The Air Force brushed aside speculations of a possible Russian missile because it didn’t explode and had no trajectory like that of the missile.
Russia has detained a US journalist accusing him of spying for the US. The journalist Evan Gershkovich has been working as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, the international daily newspaper based in New York.
