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A US official told the UN that Russia's Kosmos 2612 military satellite deliberately maneuvered dangerously close to a US-registered ICEYE-X36 commercial satellite, behavior consistent with an on-orbit weapons operation, while Russia's UN diplomat dismissed the concerns as unfounded and insisted its space activities are purely peaceful.

A Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2612, conducted an unsanctioned rendezvous and proximity operations near ICEYE-X36, a US-operated commercial imaging satellite used by Ukraine, marking the first known such close-quarters maneuver in low-Earth orbit according to LeoLabs.

Elon Musk reportedly approached Donald Trump with a proposal to slow down Starlink speeds in Ukraine, a move critics say hampered Ukraine's ability to defend against Russian missiles and drones.

Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers reportedly cut Russian bot activity and coincided with a sharp drop in Elon Musk's X engagement, though experts caution the correlation is unverified. Zelensky later clarified his claims about reduced bot activity were anecdotal.

英国对加密货币支付平台 Cryptomus（现更名 Heleket）及其关联平台实施制裁，因其为俄罗斯政府及相关网络犯罪、勒索软件和毒品交易提供资金通道，已处理超过 70 亿美元交易。

After Ukrainian drone strikes disabled Yandex data centers, claims spread that Russian disinformation efforts had diminished — but bot-tracking analysts say troll farm activity is unchanged and the decline claims appear to be disinformation themselves.

WHO released a report on the death of a Russian lab worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute, highlighting a "key uncertainty" as Russia has yet to confirm a cause of death, limiting assessment of outbreak risk. No evidence of ongoing transmission has been found so far, though confidence is limited by the absence of a confirmed diagnosis.

Yandex's data center infrastructure has been damaged, which may lead to partial service disruptions. Engineers are working on emergency repairs. A user forwarded the post, commenting that they hope it cannot be recovered.

A quick take suggesting that a significant portion of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot activity appears to rely directly on Russian data centers, based on emerging evidence, with more data expected.

乌克兰无人机摧毁了属于「俄罗斯谷歌」Yandex 的 AI 数据中心，凸显 2026 年数据中心日益成为战争目标，此前伊朗也曾袭击亚马逊在中东的数据中心。

OpenAI announced it banned Russian and Iranian accounts using ChatGPT to carry out influence campaigns, including one that tricked Peruvian schools into hosting events about a controversial Ukrainian figure, prompting a response from a member of the European Parliament.

OpenAI 报告称其已封禁两个利用其模型进行"假门面"影响力行动的组织，一个来自俄罗斯、一个来自伊朗，这些行动利用AI生成假记者身份、文章及社媒评论来传播地缘政治信息。

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US is closely monitoring the case of a Russian anti-plague institute worker who reportedly died of plague following a possible lab accident in Irkutsk, Siberia, as quarantine measures were imposed and officials issued conflicting accounts.

Russian authorities issued mass quarantine controls in the Irkutsk region after the unexplained death of a plague researcher, prompting Rospotrebnadzor to travel to the area while the US State Department, CDC and ECDC said they are monitoring the situation closely.

The Guardian reports that the Kremlin spends roughly $1.7bn a year on information manipulation using bots and fake sites impersonating the BBC and 27 other British organisations, prompting the UK to create a new state agency to counter it.

Russia's long-delayed reusable crewed spacecraft will begin parachute drop tests this fall, with abort-system tests in 2027 and a target debut crewed launch in 2028 or 2029 on the Angara A5M rocket.

This article counters Russian propaganda campaigns targeting France and highlights Russia's hostile actions including cyberattacks, misinformation, and hybrid warfare against Europe.

A suspected arson attack on a Starlink ground station in Poland is attributed to Russian hybrid warfare, potentially disrupting internet services including those vital for Ukraine during the ongoing conflict.

Radek Sikorski clarifies his statement made in Kyiv, asserting that NATO's European air force could destroy half of Russia's refineries without US involvement in the event of Russian aggression, due to air superiority.

Russia has stated that it is impossible to slow down the development of artificial intelligence, emphasizing its commitment to advancing AI technology.