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$KAZAKHSTAN MARCH 2, 2022: A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage carrying British OneWeb satellites is being transported from an assembling facility to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch is scheduled for 5 March 2022 at 01:41 Moscow time. Roscosmos Press Office/TASS THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Photo by Roscosmos Press Office\TASS via Getty Images)$

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OneWeb 'surprised' by Russian demands over satellite launch

UK officials refused to sell shares in satellite firm OneWeb in response to demands by Russia, and the company says it is focusing on staff safety at the launchpad in Kazakhstan

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Russia and UK face a stand-off over OneWeb satellite rocket launch

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TOS-1 Buratino rocket launchers

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What are vacuum bombs and is Russia using them in Ukraine?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EyePress News/Shutterstock (12818720l) File image of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction. Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russia's incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022. The undersea pipeline, meant to ferry natural gas directly from Russia to northern Germany, is owned by a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Gazprom. Berlin has previously been reluctant to impose sanctions that would affect Nord Stream 2. But at a press conference Tuesday, Scholz said that the situation today is fundamentally different and therefore, in light of recent events, we must also reassess this situation ... also with regard to Nord Stream 2. Shortly after, the economy ministry announced it was halting the certification process Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 Pipeline - 22 Feb 2022

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Europe rethinks its energy strategy after Russia's attack on Ukraine

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP/Shutterstock (12826679g) Afghans trying to flee Ukraine sleep inside Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine. Russia's military assault on Ukraine has entered its fifth day, forcing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and foreign residents to escape from war and seek refuge in neighboring countries Russia War, Lviv, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022

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Aid agencies warn of humanitarian emergency in Ukraine

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Would Vladimir Putin really use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

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Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover

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Russian sanctions mean ESA's Mars rover is unlikely to launch in 2022

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Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

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Mathematicians are angry that Russia may still host a major conference

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Is Russia winning the disinformation war in Ukraine?

Russia has flooded social media with disinformation as part of its offensive on Ukraine, but unlike its previous campaigns to spread falsehoods, few people seem to be falling for it

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Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine trigger a massive cyberwar?

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Germany halts Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia – what's next?

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Meet the amateur drone pilots defending Ukraine’s border with Russia

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