Friday, 8 September 2023

Check Out What Remains of This 'Top-Notch' Czech Drone Downed by Russian Volunteers

Check Out What Remains of This 'Top-Notch' Czech Drone Downed by Russian Volunteers

Check Out What Remains of This 'Top-Notch' Czech Drone Downed by Russian Volunteers











The Czech-made drone will be thoroughly studied by engineers, and their findings will likely be used for further enhancing Russia's defense capabilities.







Russian volunteers from the Bars-10 detachment shot down this Czech-made drone using a portable air-defense system. The video shows the remains of the UAV in question, a Primoco One drone, which is used mainly for reconnaissance. According to the soldiers from Bars-10, this unmanned aircraft was heading towards the Russian city of Energodar in the Zaporozhye Region


The remains of the downed drone have already been handed over to military experts, who will meticulously study it and ferret out all useful information. The unmanned aircraft is a costly vehicle – its price tag exceeds 500,000 euros. Last November, Luxembourg supplied Kiev with six of these UAV models.



Russian Forces Eliminate Ukrainian Reconnaissance Unit in Donbass



©Sputnik/Maxim Blinov/Go to the mediabank


Russian armed forces have eliminated a Ukrainian reconnaissance unit in the South Donetsk direction, taking one of the enemy soldiers prisoner, spokesman for Russia's Vostok troops grouping Oleg Chekhov told Sputnik.


"A reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian armed forces west of Novodonetskoe [rural settlement] was eliminated, an attack by an enemy infantry group north of Priutnoe (village) was repelled, the militants were destroyed, one was captured," Chekhov said.


He also said that Russian military prevented an attempt by Ukrainian forces to cross the Shaitanka River near Novodonetskoe.


Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine in February 2023. The latest Ukrainian counteroffensive began this June, mostly in Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive, widely described as slow, had failed.



Blinken’s Remarks on Success of Kiev's Counteroffensive 'Fiction' - Zaporozhye Official



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remarks about the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive are nothing but false claims, while Kiev is succeeding only in wasting the lives of its citizens, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Zaporozhye regional administration, told Sputnik on Friday.


On Wednesday, Blinken said that Washington had noticed "good progress" in Kiev’s counteroffensive.


"All this is nothing but fiction. If there is any progress, it is in the theft and laundering of Western money, including that of US taxpayers, which is being thrown into a black hole to keep the regime of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky in power," Rogov said.


He noted that Ukraine has become a gray zone into which billions of dollars are poured and where Western elites are making money.


"The West and the leaders of the gang of drug addicts and Nazis [Ukrainian government] are doing business on the death of the people of the post-Ukrainian space," Rogov added.


The Ukrainian counteroffensive began on June 4. Kiev has thrown into battle brigades trained by NATO instructors and armed with Western equipment, including Leopard and Challenger tanks. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had failed.


Since the start of the counteroffensive attempt, Ukrainian forces have only managed to penetrate Russian defenses near the village of Rabotino in Zaporozhye, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. On Tuesday, he noted that Kiev had lost more than 66,000 troops and 7,600 pieces of military equipment since the beginning of the counteroffensive.

















































































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Thursday, 7 September 2023

Smugglers caught supplying weapons parts to Ukraine – FSB

Smugglers caught supplying weapons parts to Ukraine – FSB

Smugglers caught supplying weapons parts to Ukraine – FSB











Russia’s FSB security service announced on Thursday that it had intercepted a ring of smugglers who funneled military-grade spare parts to foreign nations, including components to repair Ukrainian aircraft.







The suspects allegedly obtained parts from combat helicopters and planes in Russia, and illegally transported them out of the country, the FSB said. The group included individuals born in Ukraine and an unnamed Central Asian nation, according to the agency.


The security service published footage of the sting operation and arrest of two men. One of them was shown with his hands covered in ink, often used to mark bait money, glowing in ultraviolet light.


The video also demonstrated a row of crates and bags, presumably containing goods prepared for smuggling, as well as various pieces of equipment and a large sum of money in rubles.




The press release said the FSB had seized more than 100 military parts, along with $117,000 and €59,000 ($63,000) in cash.


Under Russian law, the suspects face up to 12 years in prison on smuggling charges. A Moscow court has ordered they be kept in pre-trial detention, the FSB said.









































































































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Russia says its forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk People’s Republic

Russia says its forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk People’s Republic

Russia says its forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk People’s Republic





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Russian forces repelled 14 Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day, destroying up to 110 enemy servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation.







Here are the details of this and other combat actions that happened over the past day, according to the bulletin.



Zaporozhye area



The 14 Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye Region were repulsed near the settlements of Verbovoye and Rabotino.


The ministry also said that Russian forces destroyed the following equipment in the Zaporozhye area: two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, an US-made M109 self-propelled howitzer, a US-made M777 artillery system, a Gvozdika elf-propelled artillery system, a UK-made FH-70 howitzer, a Msta-B howitzer and a D-30 howitzer, as well as a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station for drone detection.



Donetsk area



The Russian army has repelled nine attacks by Ukrainian assault groups near Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka and Khimik in the Donetsk People’s Republic.


"In the Donetsk area, units of the battlegroup South in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled nine attacks of Ukrainian assault groups in the areas of Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka and Khimik of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost more than 320 men as killed and wounded," the ministry said.


The Ukrainian forces also lost one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, some Polish-made Krab howitzers, Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, two D-30 howitzers and a D-20 artillery gun.



Kupyansk area



Russian forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area, eliminating roughly 55 enemy troops.


"In the Kupyansk area, units of the battlegroup South operating jointly with aircraft and artillery repulsed four attacks of the Ukrainian army’s 95th air assault brigade and delivered a strike on the enemy’s positions near the settlement of Kislovka in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said.


The enemy lost as many as 55 Ukrainian personnel, two motor vehicles, three US-made M777 artillery systems and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.



Krasny Liman area



Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian attack near Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic.


"In the Krasny Liman area, coordinated actions of units from the battlegroup Center, strikes by army aircraft and artillery fire helped repell an attack by assault units of the Ukrainian 67th mechanized brigade near the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the ministry said.


The Defense Ministry said that the enemy’s losses in this area amounted to up to 60 servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks.



South Donetsk area



The Ukrainian army lost up to 180 men and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer south of Donetsk.


The battlegroup East in cooperation with army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on enemy units near Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.


"In the area of Novomayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an enemy attack was repelled and two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were wiped out. The losses of the enemy totaled up to 180 men, two armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made self-propelled Krab howitzer, two D-30 howitzers and one Giatsint howitzer," the ministry said.



Kherson area



The Russian armed forces destroyed three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the Pereyaslavsky Island, and the enemy lost up to 25 servicemen in the Kherson area over the past day.


"In the Kherson area, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, as well as two US-made M777 artillery systems were destroyed. In addition, three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the 126th territorial defense brigade were destroyed on the Pereyaslavsky Island," the ministry said.


Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian S-300PS air defense missile launcher in the Zaporozhye Region and two of the enemy’s field ammunition depots in the Donetsk People’s Republic.


"A launcher of the S-300PS air defense missile system was destroyed near the settlement of Lyubimovka in the Zaporozhye Region. Field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade and 79th Airborne Assault Brigades were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.


The ministry also said that Russian operational-tactical and army aircraft, rocket troops and artillery hit Ukrainian military personnel and equipment in 117 areas.


Russian air defense forces intercepted 11 HIMARS rockets and a JDAM bomb and downed 41 Ukrainian drones.


"Air defense forces intercepted 11 HIMARS drones and a [GPS-]guided JDAM bomb," the ministry said. Also 41 Ukrainian drones were downed near the settlements of Belogorovka and Melovatka in the Lugansk People’s Republic; Spornoye and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic; Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Golaya Pristan in the Kherson Region.






































































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Generation AI - Education Reluctantly Embraces the Bots

Generation AI - Education Reluctantly Embraces the Bots

Generation AI - Education Reluctantly Embraces the Bots





Students walk past a classroom building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo






At leading Swedish university Lund, teachers decide which students can use artificial intelligence to help them with assignments.







At the University of Western Australia in Perth, staff have talked to students about the challenges and possible benefits of using generative AI in their work, while the University of Hong Kong is allowing ChatGPT within strict limits.


Launched by Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI on Nov. 30, ChatGPT has become the world's fastest growing app to date and prompted the release of rivals like Google's (GOOGL.O) Bard.


GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, draw on patterns in language and data to generate anything from essays to videos to mathematical calculations that superficially resemble human work, spurring talk of unprecedented transformation in many fields including academia.


Academics are among those who could face an existential threat if AI is able to replicate - at much faster speeds - research currently done by humans. Many also see the benefits of GenAI's ability to process information and data, which can provide a basis for deeper critical analysis by humans.


"It can help the students to adapt the course material to their individual needs, aiding them much like a personal tutor would do," said Leif Kari, vice president for education at Stockholm-based KTH Royal Institute of Technology.


The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday launched what it is says is the first global guidance on GenAI in education and academic research.


For national regulators, it outlines steps to take on areas such as data protection and revision of copyright laws, and urges countries to make sure teachers get the AI skills they need.



CHEATING VERSUS HELPFUL SHORT-CUTS



Some educators draw a comparison between AI and the advent of hand-held calculators, which began entering classrooms in the 1970s and stirred debate on how they would affect learning before they were quickly accepted as essential help.


Some have expressed concern that students might similarly rely on AI to produce work and effectively cheat - especially as AI content gets better with time. Passing off GenAI as original work could also raise copyright issues, prompting questions over whether AI should be banned in academia.


AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights


Rachel Forsyth, a project manager in the Strategic Development Office at Lund University in southern Sweden, said a ban "feels like something that we can't enforce".


"We're trying to put the focus back on learning and away from cheating and policing the students," she said.


Worldwide, the software Turnitin has for decades been one of the main ways to check for plagiarism.


In April it launched a tool that uses AI to detect AI-generated content. It has provided that tool free to more than 10,000 education institutions globally, although it plans to charge a fee from January.


So far, the AI detection tool has found that only 3% of students used AI for more than 80% of their submissions and that 78% did not use AI at all, Turnitin data shows.


Problems have arisen over what are known as false positives when text written by humans - in some cases by professors trying to test the software - has been flagged as written by AI, though those wrongly accused of using AI can defend themselves if they have saved various drafts of their work.


Students themselves are busy experimenting with AI and some give it a poor grade, saying it can summarise at a basic level, but that facts must always be checked because GenAI cannot distinguish fact from fiction or right from wrong.


Its knowledge is also limited to what it can scrape from the internet, which is not enough for very specific questions.


"I reckon AI has a far way to go before it's properly useful," said Sophie Constant, a 19 year-old law student at England's University of Oxford.


"I can't ask it about a single case. It just doesn't know and it doesn't have access to articles I am studying so it is not very helpful."



CORPORATE SPEED AND SLOW-MOVING REGULATION



UNESCO's latest guidance also flags the risk GenAI will deepen societal divisions as educational and economic success increasingly depend on access to electricity, computers and internet that the poorest do not have.


"We are struggling to align the speed of transformation of the education system to the speed of the change in technological progress," Stefania Giannini, assistant director-general for education at UNESCO, told Reuters.


So far, the European Union (EU) is among those at the forefront of regulations around the use of AI with draft legislation that has yet to adopted as law. The regulations do not specifically deal with education but its broader rules on ethics, for instance, could be applied to the field.


After its exit from the EU, Britain is also trying to work on guidelines for the use of AI in education by consulting educators and says it will release the results later this year.


Singapore, a leader in efforts to train teachers on how to use the technology, is among the nearly 70 countries that have developed or planned strategies on AI.


"In terms of universities, as a professor, rather than fighting it, you need to leverage AI, experience it, develop a good framework, guidelines and a responsible AI system, and then work with students to find a mechanism that works for you," said Kirsten Rulf, a partner at Boston Consulting Group who helped draft the EU's regulations on AI in her previous role.


"I think we are the last generation that has lived in a world without GenAI."


To hear about how educators are tackling the advance of AI in the classroom, click here for the Reuters World News daily podcast.






























































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Ridwan Kamil - Ada Breaking News Dirinya Pekan Depan

Ridwan Kamil - Ada Breaking News Dirinya Pekan Depan

Ridwan Kamil - Ada Breaking News Dirinya Pekan Depan





Gubernur Jawa Barat Ridwan Kamil. Sumber :
VIVA/Galih Purnama.






Setelah resmi mengakhiri jabatan Gubernur Jawa Barat periode 2018-2023 pada hari Selasa lalu, 05/09/2023, Ridwan Kamil memberikan isyarat ada berita baru nan penting atau breaking news tentang dirinya pada pekan depan.







Hal yang mengarah ke ranah politis itu disampaikannya saat menutup sambutannya di acara Pisah Sambut Gubernur Jawa Barat di Aula Barat Gedung Sate, Bandung, pada hari tersebut.


"Kami mohon doa takdir kami ke mana, kami tidak tahu, tapi insyaallah Tuhan memberikan yang terbaik. Tapi, kalau minggu depan ada breaking news, ya, mohon dimaklumi. Kodenya itu saja," kata Ridwan Kamil di Gedung Sate seperti dikutip dari Antara.


Ucapan Kang Emil, sapaan akrab Ridwan Kamil itu, disambut tawa dan tepuk tangan dari hadirin dan undangan yang hadir.


Tak ada penjelasan lebih lanjut dari Ridwan Kamil mengenai kode 'breaking news' itu apakah ada kaitan dengan politik, utamanya Pemilu 2024.


Apa yang maksud dari kode 'breaking news' itu, dicoba dikonfirmasi ke Golkar. Salah satunya ke Ketua DPP Golkar Dave Laksono yang menjawab seperti apa yang dibilang Ridwan Kamil. Dia mengatakan agar lebih baik menunggu pekan depan saja.


"Kita tunggu minggu depan yah," kata Dave kemarin, "Sing sabar."


Dalam acara itu, Ridwan Kamil juga berpamitan dengan seluruh masyarakat Jawa Barat dan aparatur sipil negara (ASN) Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Jawa Barat karena telah membantu dirinya selama menjabat di Gedung Sate. Dia juga berterima kasih kepada jajaran Forum Komunikasi Pimpinan Daerah (Forkopimda) Jabar.


"Dari tempat ini, hatur nuhun (terima kasih), hatur nuhun pada jajaran Forkopimda yang membuat Jabar sangat-sangat kondusif. Dan, tak lupa keluarga saya sebagai charger saya setiap malam, yang mendukung saya, selama umur saya, terima kasih," kata dia yang juga pernah menjadi Wali Kota Bandung itu.


Di satu sisi, Ridwan Kamil yang kini Wakil Ketua Umum Golkar disebut-sebut masuk pula menjadi salah satu kandidat untuk bakal cawapres yang akan mendampingi bacapres PDIP Ganjar Pranowo.


"Saya kira Pak RK sebagai salah satu tokoh kepala daerah yang dinilai juga sukses memimpin Jabar sebagai satu kandidat yang masuk dalam pertimbangan-pertimbangan tersebut," kata Ketua DPP PDIP Ahmad Basarah di rumah relawan pemenangan Ganjar, Jakarta, Selasa.


Akan tetapi, kandidat cawapres pendamping Ganjar yang tengah dipertimbangkan tidak hanya Ridwan Kamil. Basarah menyebut ada beberapa nama lain yang juga sedang dikaji.


Ridwan Kamil kini berstatus wakil ketua umum Partai Golkar. Melihat kondisi politik saat ini, Golkar sudah berkoalisi dengan Gerindra, PAN dan PBB mendukung Ketua Umum Gerindra Prabowo Subianto sebagai bakal calon presiden.


Mengenai hal itu, Basarah mengatakan kerja sama bisa dilakukan dalam berbagai bentuk, bukan hanya antarpartai. Basarah juga menyebut dinamika politik saat ini masih dinamis, termasuk soal koalisi.


Menurutnya, peta koalisi masih bisa berubah sebelum ada capres-cawapres yang resmi ditetapkan KPU.


"Tetapi juga bisa saja kerja sama dengan waka calon wakil presiden bukan berasal dari Parpol. Misalnya purnawirawan TNI, tokoh agama, bisa dari profesional, bisa saja anggota kabinetnya Pak Jokowi saat ini," kata Basarah yang juga Tim Koordinasi Relawan Pemenangan Pilpres PDIP itu.













































































































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