#Russian Army
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-6b3c58bbcf8c8f2f38775f349181b1ab.jpg "Recruits, supervised by instructors, cover a distance on Day Zero of Basic Military Training at the 118th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on April 5, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Destroyed Russian military tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)]( "Destroyed Russian military tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)")
![Destroyed Russian military tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)]( "Destroyed Russian military tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)")
![The Russian Baltic Fleet corvette Soobrazitelny. Illustrative photo. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "The Russian Baltic Fleet corvette Soobrazitelny. Illustrative photo. (Source: Wikimedia)")
![UN workers inspect a residential building damaged by an air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "UN workers inspect a residential building damaged by an air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Josephine Ngoya, 50, look at pictures of her son Erastus Mundia, who reportedly died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline after being recruited into the Russian military on February 27, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Josephine Ngoya, 50, look at pictures of her son Erastus Mundia, who reportedly died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline after being recruited into the Russian military on February 27, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![What Happens When Russia Has Enough RASSVET Satellites to Control Drones Across Europe?]( "What Happens When Russia Has Enough RASSVET Satellites to Control Drones Across Europe?")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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Russia is deploying its own satellite network, RASSVET—an analog of Starlink that the Kremlin portrays as a system for civilian use but that could give its military a powerful new tool for controlling drones across Ukraine. The same technology could also pose a direct security threat to Europe, facilitating Russia’s hybrid war.
-8f60b980bc4a637d7c3409f13eba48c0.jpg "Josephine Ngoya, 50, look at pictures of her son Erastus Mundia, who reportedly died fighting on the Ukrainian frontline after being recruited into the Russian military on February 27, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")