# Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [December 30, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349 "2023-12-30T18:43:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/1717 "2026-06-11T14:29:32Z")

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In case anyone was wondering who’s behind the ongoing mysterious GPS outages affecting the northern hemisphere:

> **[Russian satellites linked to mysterious GPS disruptions across several countries](https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-russian-satellites-linked-mysterious-gps.html)**
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> Since 2019, GPS signals across Europe, Greenland and Canada have experienced a huge spike in sudden, widespread signal blackouts. These have resulted in disruptions and degraded performance in navigation systems that airplanes and ships rely on to...

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