Russia is causing trouble in space by deliberately sending strong signals to interfere with European satellite networks, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is demanding an end to the harmful radio emissions aimed at drowning out Ukrainian TV and radio broadcasts.
The ITU, which was originally formed in 1865 and is now a United Nations agency responsible for information and communications technologies, held its 96th meeting of the Radio Regulation Board (RRB) in Geneva, Switzerland, last month, at which complaints against Russia were laid.
Satellite administrations of Luxembourg, Sweden, France, Ukraine and the Netherlands all complained that Russia is trying to drown out their satellite networks, which include EUTELSAT and Sirius.
The Russians are said to do so by using high powered unmodulated carriers, and replicated multiplexing signals to replace the original content.
Russia is targeting Ukrainian satellite broadcasts with its interference attempts, the ITU RRB noted.
"The harmful interference had affected specific channels predominantly carrying Ukrainian television and radio programming, but also channels of the Administration of the Netherlands, and had occurred repeatedly," the ITU RRB said.
In strong words, the RRB condemned Russia's intentional signals interference of satellites.
"The Board expressed its grave concern regarding the use of signals to cause intentional harmful interference to the radiocommunication services of another administration and condemned such actions in the strictest terms, indicating that such behaviour was in direct contravention of No. 15.1 of the Radio Regulations."
"Furthermore, the Board viewed the deliberate actions to cause harmful interference to the French and Swedish satellite networks in the 13/14 GHz and 18 GHz frequency ranges, which seemed to originate from earth station(s) located in the areas of Moscow, Kaliningrad and Pavlovka, as extremely worrisome and unacceptable," the ITU RRB wrote [pdf].
The interference is ongoing, and the ITU said it had received no response from Russia. France however did get a reply to a complaint, with Russia saying its monitoring could not detect any emission that could cause harmful interference of the French satellite networks.
ITU's RRB has now requested that the Russian administration stop the deliberate action to cause harmful interference to other satellite networks.
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I suspect you're referring to some Russian theories about how Ukrainians all believed they were Russians, really, until the CIA came in and convinced them otherwise. Typically an opinion held by those who can only view the war in Ukraine as a war between the USA and Russia, not as an affair in which Ukrainians themselves might have any political interest (say an interest in not being imperial subjects of a fascist petrostate).
Also immediately refuted by the fact that Ukrainians are fighting tooth and nail to maintain their sovereignty and that Russia was not welcomed at all as evidenced by the Euromaidan events and the subsequent 10 years to this day where Ukrainians have rejected Russian attempts to forcibly steal their identity and land.
Some "brotherly" nation that Russia, aren't they?
,Holodomor, where Stalin invaded, murdered and starved millions of Ukrainians in the 30's, you can see why they don't want the Russians back
starvation was selectively weaponized and the famine was "instrumentalized" and amplified against Ukrainians to punish them for their rejection of the "new serfdom" and to break their nationalism.[11]
Holodomor. Replay after WW2 for good measure. The Ukrainians know full well what fate lies before them if Russia succeeds.So too the Baltic States & Poland. They know too, if they have to fight Russia it will be far better strategy to fight in Ukraine rather than on their own borders, their own land. As in WW2 (4 major battles) the key is Kharkiv. The Dnieper is proving the historical natural barrier as it always will but should Russia occupy Kharkiv expect those nations to mobilise accordingly.
I will happily go should the call go out - are you suggesting I can enlist in the NZDF and be deployed to fight in Ukraine now? That doesn't make any sense.
My partner knew from day 1 of our relationship that I would enlist should New Zealand go to war.
Satisfied?
I sometime wonder if anyone spares a thought to what the Russians would do to the Ukrainian populace, particularly anything female, should they 'win' this war.
Just spend some moments contemplating the most barbaric acts you can imagine - an then consider it happening to your wife, girlfriend, sister, mother or children.
Hamas gave us a glimpse.
You would fight to the death.
Part of the plan to erase Ukraine and Ukrainians from the map. Along with bombing cultural sites, schools, publishers and kidnapping children for "Russification". Some might call this genocide, others, but, but, but Victoria Nuland.
https://www.politico.eu/article/deported-ukrainian-children-sent-to-sur…
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