The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.

https://archive.li/10BV3

The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

Russia has been racing to the Moon's south pole against India, whose Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to land on there next week.

No country has ever landed on the south pole before, although both the US and China have landed softly on the Moon's surface.

No report on whether or not Russia was attempting to use repurposed anti-ship missiles like the ones they use to attack schools and hospitals here on Earth.

  • Sordid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Also calling it in a few decades when they reveal Yeltsin was a plant

    So was Trump, so I'd say the US and Russia are even on that score.

      • Sordid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        In case your question is a serious one: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book

        Why would you assume it's meant to be "a own"? I have no sympathy for either of those two shithole countries, the world would be a better place if they caused each other to balkanize and descend into chaos.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Even if your crank russiagate bullshit was true, Trump unfortunately did not actually destroy his country like Yeltsin did, so there's still a score to settle.

        • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          The Russian Federation is not what Yeltsin destroyed, he destroyed the Russian Soviet Republic and indirectly the USSR in general. The government controlling America now is the same one that controlled it in 2015.

          • Sordid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            Interesting, I thought Gorbachev was usually credited with that. In any case, yeah, sure, the name and flag changed, but not much else as far as I can tell. Hell, their current president is a former KGB agent, and I'm sure the vast bulk of the government bureaucracy remained in place (because that's what happened in my country as well), so there's plenty of continutity. I remember seeing Yeltsin on TV back in the 90s drunk as a lord proclaiming that "we will be the ones to dictate". I really don't see how liberalism is to blame for the decline of Russia then or now.

            • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              In any case, yeah, sure, the name and flag changed, but not much else as far as I can tell.

              as far as I can tell

              Really calling out your own ignorance here.