saw this on my feed - how true is this?
The Russian-Ukrainian War of 2022 (News and battle updates only)
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saw this on my feed - how true is this?
This reminds me of when in the 1970s the Americans took ballpoint pens to one of the multi national space stations and they wouldn't work in zero gravity, and they had to borrow pencils from Russian cosmonauts just to write things down.
Meaning, the current story is probably true.
Pokrovsk - 25.07.2025
"The situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad direction as of 14:00 /Moscow time/ July 25, 2025
The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on the eastern flank of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration continues. After a breakthrough north of Myrnohrad a week earlier, Russian troops are leveling the front line along the Razine-Novoekonomichne-Mykolaivka line.
Soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Motor Rifle Battalions of the 5th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces raised flags in the central part of Novoekonomichne - on the school and at the local church.
According to data from the field, the northern part of the settlement is also under the control of Russian troops. An area up to three kilometers wide along the front and up to a kilometer deep has been taken.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are still located on the territory of the Kapitalna Mine and the air supply shaft located to the south. The facility is combined with a processing plant and is a very difficult structure to storm, in front of which the enemy have managed to prepare several strongholds for a long-term defense.
Mykolaivka, located next to Novoekonomichne, is almost completely under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. In the area of the broken bridge and on the southern outskirts, there remains a small presence of Ukrainian infantry, and a cleanup is currently underway there.
There are also reports of an alleged assault on Myrnohrad from the east, but they raise doubts, since before that the assault detachments would have to gain a foothold in the aforementioned Kapitalna Mine. However, according to some reports, attempts to advance from the south, from Hrodivka and the adjacent Mykolaivka did indeed take place, but they have not yet reached the point of gaining a foothold in the city.
On the western flank, in the Zvirove area, units of the 30th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian armed Forces are advancing. Most of the village has already been liberated, but it is still too early to talk about full control over the settlement.
Numerous reports of Russian troops entering Pokrovsk with the subsequent withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the city are premature. However, given the overall dynamics of the fighting in the area, such an outcome is quite realistic in the long term - if the reports of the clearing of Zvirove and the beginning of the assault on Myrnohrad are confirmed, then, together with the actions of Russian reconnaissance groups in the south of Pokrovsk, it will be possible to really talk about the collapse of Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration."
"The situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad direction as of 14:00 /Moscow time/ July 25, 2025
The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on the eastern flank of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration continues. After a breakthrough north of Myrnohrad a week earlier, Russian troops are leveling the front line along the Razine-Novoekonomichne-Mykolaivka line. Soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Motor Rifle Battalions of the 5th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces raised flags in the central part of Novoekonomichne - on the school and at the local church.According to data from the field, the northern part of the settlement is also under the control of Russian troops. An area up to three kilometers wide along the front and up to a kilometer deep has been taken.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are still located on the territory of the Kapitalna Mine and the air supply shaft located to the south. The facility is combined with a processing plant and is a very difficult structure to storm, in front of which the enemy have managed to prepare several strongholds for a long-term defense. Mykolaivka, located next to Novoekonomichne, is almost completely under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. In the area of the broken bridge and on the southern outskirts, there remains a small presence of Ukrainian infantry, and a cleanup is currently underway there. There are also reports of an alleged assault on Myrnohrad from the east, but they raise doubts, since before that the assault detachments would have to gain a foothold in the aforementioned Kapitalna Mine. However, according to some reports, attempts to advance from the south, from Hrodivka and the adjacent Mykolaivka did indeed take place, but they have not yet reached the point of gaining a foothold in the city. On the western flank, in the Zvirove area, units of the 30th Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian armed Forces are advancing. Most of the village has already been liberated, but it is still too early to talk about full control over the settlement. Numerous reports of Russian troops entering Pokrovsk with the subsequent withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the city are premature. However, given the overall dynamics of the fighting in the area, such an outcome is quite realistic in the long term - if the reports of the clearing of Zvirove and the beginning of the assault on Myrnohrad are confirmed, then, together with the actions of Russian reconnaissance groups in the south of Pokrovsk, it will be possible to really talk about the collapse of Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration."
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You don't want regular pencils in outer space because small pieces of a graphite and graphite dust can float any/everywhere and cause short circuits and is also flammable. Pencils also smudge.
The Fisher space pen - which is the pen erroneously said to have cost "billions to design" - was created by that company independently and then shown to NASA, who liked it, used it, and bought them. The Soviets also bought and used Fisher pens and the ESA and Chinese use them, too.
Its a cool pen, too. You can write underwater, upside down, on wet paper...