Konstantin Vorontsov: Last News

Vladimir Putin has approved the move to start equipping Belarusian fighter jets with the ability to hold nuclear weapons in an alarming development. The update has sparked fears that the crazed leader will want to ramp up the conflict against war-torn Ukraine.

Russia has made veiled threats towards Elon Musk's Starlink satellite programme, implying the country could 'shoot down' SpaceX satellites.The satellite-based broadband programme was rolled out across Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion earlier this year. With Russia's offensive faltering, however, it seems that Putin's government is considering attacks on SpaceX to undermine Elon Musk's programme. READ MORE: Elon Musk moves Starlink satellites over Ukraine as country's leaders beg for help At a United Nations meeting on space threats, Russian delegate Konstantin Vorontsov reportedly said that 'quasi-civilian infrastructure' could be a target for "retaliation" by the country's military.Vorontsov said Russia "would like to underline an extremely dangerous trend that goes beyond the harmless use of outer space technologies and has become apparent during the events in Ukraine."Namely, the United States and its allies use the elements of civilian—including commercial—infrastructure, in outer space for military purposes."He warned: "It seems like our colleagues do not realize that such actions in fact constitute indirect involvement in military conflicts.