Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he ordered his country's military to conduct a special operation in the Donbass region after the leaders of the breakaway republics asked Moscow for military assistance in response to what they claim is an increase in “Ukrainian aggression.”

“Circumstances require us to take decisive and immediate action," the order reads. “The People's Republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help. In this regard, in accordance with Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with the sanction of the Federation Council and in pursuance of the friendship treaties ratified by the Federal Assembly and mutual assistance with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, I have decided to conduct a special military operation,” Putin stated.

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https://www.rt.com/russia/550408-special-operation-putin-donbass/

"Vision 2031: USA, Germany, France and four other nations plan super "Space Force

The U.S. Department of Defense in the Washington Pentagon on Tuesday published a joint agenda of Germany, France, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United States, in which the planned strategy for building a "Space Force" as a joint space force by the year 2031 is presented and explained.

The strategy paper, titled Combined Space Operations Vision 2031, sets out the overarching purpose of the joint initiative and its guiding principles. These include the free use of outer space, sovereignty-recognized partnership among the nations participating in the initiative, responsible and sustainable use of outer space, and a common agreement to uphold international law during the implementation of the vision.

According to the U.S. Pentagon, "threats posed by technological advances" and the accompanying "increasingly comprehensive and aggressive space counter-programs by other nations" were reasons for the military alliance of the seven nations in the race for space supremacy.

According to the document, Russia's November 2021 test of a ground-based "anti-satellite weapon" showed that there would be a danger to satellites not only from the weapon itself, but also from the debris created after the attack, which can enter near-Earth orbits and then result in so-called "blasts" of conjunctions (meetings) or approaches of that debris with satellites.

For example, on the day of the test, the astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) would have had to seek shelter in their return capsules as a precaution because debris from a previously destroyed satellite threatened to collide with the ISS.

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https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/22/2002942522/-1/-1/0/CSPO-VISION-2031.PDF

Combined Space Operations Vision 2031

Vision

Partners in national security space operations leading as responsible actors and seeking

and prepared to protect and defend against hostile space activities in accordance with

applicable international law.

Mission

Generate and improve cooperation, coordination, and interoperability opportunities to

sustain freedom of action in space, optimize resources, enhance mission assurance and

resilience, and prevent conflict.

https://media.defense.gov/2022/Feb/22/2002942522/-1/-1/0/CSPO-VISION-2031.PDF

The Importance of Space

Space is integral to modern multi-domain military operations and provides strategic

advantage. Space-based capabilities deliver a wide range of effects that underpin daily

life, including communications, navigation, remote sensing, Earth observation, weather

services, and financial transactions. Maintaining and supporting the availability of these

capabilities are in the interest of each nation. Continued delivery of these capabilities

requires complete access to and freedom to operate in space.