The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole.
  • lasagna@programming.devEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Russia’s special operations are getting out of hand. Now they’re launching projectiles against the moon too? Talk about a paranoid nation.

    • tetraodon@feddit.itEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Maybe the Russians thought the Moon was part of Ukraine. Most of their rockets seem to be aimed that way lately.

      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        They weren’t serious. It was a (perhaps bad) joke at their currently failing attempts to reclaim their past glory but instead exposing how years of corruption meant their equipment and arsenals are sorely unmaintained and of poor quality.

        • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I completely misread their comment. I shouldn’t be on the internet 5 minutes after I wake up. This is what happens.