Countries. War in Ukraine

China supplies 67% of critical components for making UAVs to Russia

The main supplier of critical components for Russian UAVs production is China, which accounts for 67%, with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates accounting for another 7%. This conclusion was reached by an International Task Force working on sanctions against

Atomic Heart’s backer GEM Capital to invest $45M in CEE. It is a Russian fund founded by ex-Gazprom

GEM Capital, a Cyprus-based investment firm, has just announced its plans to invest $45 million into gamedev across the CEE region. As AIN.Capital learned, it is a Russian fund founded by Anatoly Paliy, who previously worked at Gazprom, a state-owned

Russia spreads war propaganda in Minecraft, Roblox, World of Tanks, and other video games

.@molfar_agency identified more than a dozen instances of pro-Kremlin propaganda in Minecraft, Roblox, World of Tanks, World of Warships, Fly Corp, Armored Warfare, War Thunder, and others.

Blizzard collects money for Ukraine by selling Pet Pack for World of Warcraft

Blizzard has started to sell a special Pet Pack for their game World of Warcraft, which includes two pets. As reported by the company, all money (excluding taxes and other mandatory fees) from the sale of this pack will be

Ukrainian streamer Leb1ga reached #1 on Twitch and collected over €200k for the army

On July 16, 2023, Ukrainian blogger Mykhailo Lebiha (Leb1ga) held a Twitch fundraiser to buy Sych drones (“Сич”) to help the Ukrainian army. In just a few hours, Leb1ga’s stream managed to collect over €200,000 (UAH 8 million). “It’s four

Russian hackers attacked foreign embassies in Kyiv, using the ad for Polish diplomat’s BMW sale

Russian hackers attacked the computers of diplomats of foreign Embassies working in Kyiv through the advertisement for a cheap BMW. As reported by Babel with reference to Reuters, at least 22 of approximately 80 foreign representative offices were attacked.

Yuriy Kalinkin, a Ukrainian developer from SoftServe, died at the frontline

Yuriy Kalinkin, Middle Software Engineer at the SoftServe company, died at the frontline of the Russian war in Ukraine. DOU reports this with reference to Olena Korsun, the director of the Dnipro development center of SoftServe. “We have lost one

Twitter Blue accounts spread misinformation about the Russian war in Ukraine

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, he said he would support free speech and fight censorship there. However, he made it possible for everyone to buy blue checkmarks with Twitter Blue, so now these paid accounts are spreading false information about

European Investment Fund to launch a €200M defense tech fund — Sifted

The European Investment Fund is set to launch a €200 million fund to support European defense tech, according to Sifted that got at its disposal a letter from the European Commission’s defense division sent to fund managers.