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Elon Musk has provided 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine

Teslarati

The 1994 agreement ensured that the sovereignty and national borders of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan would be respected. Although, Fedorov also added that there might be a different arrangement between the SpaceX CEO and the US Agency for International Development, and European entities for the Starlink dishes provided to Ukraine. .

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Estonian PPP GoSwift wins global Transport Award for smart border crossing point service; traffic queue management

Green Car Congress

An innovative solution for managing traffic queues at international borders is the winner of the 2015 Transport Achievement Award offered by the International Transport Forum at the OECD. The Estonian Association of International Road Transport Carriers estimates that Estonian carrier companies have been able to save €4 million (US$4.6

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

Cars That Think

I was involved in work on national standardization and work with international organizations such as IEEE, IEC, EBU, ITU, OSA and others. The main thing I want to achieve is to inform all my acquaintances in Russia and Belarus about what is happening in Ukraine. So that each of them, in their place, could work to stop the war.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

Cars That Think

The silence and inaction of the international nuclear community paves the way to World War III, to a global nuclear disaster, and the collapse of energy systems.” They could still attack the Rivne nuclear plant, the largest under Ukraine’s control, which is just 60 kilometers from the Belarus border.

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Covert Actions Heighten Ukraine’s Nuclear Peril

Cars That Think

The murky internal battle for Ukraine’s nuclear power popped into sight briefly in late March when a few Ukrainian news outlets and IEEE Spectrum reported that Ukrainian counterintelligence officers had detained and questioned Energoatom director of personnel Oleg Boyarintsev. Energoatom. Jeff Merrifield , a former U.S.

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

Cars That Think

Just a few hours before massed Russian troops and missiles surged over borders with deadly force last month, Ukraine’s grid operator opened a series of high-voltage breakers, disconnecting the nation’s grid from those of Belarus, Russia and the rest of the giant UPS/IPS synchronous AC power zone controlled from Moscow.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

Clean Fleet Report

In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. For example, Poland, Belarus and Serbia have committed to 2030 net-zero emissions to increase sustainability. These climate accords call for a 43% decline in emissions by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.