It's not the only one, just the most recent. A collision can't be ruled out, but there is a frequent tendency of old, retired Russian satellites just exploding

It's not the only one, just the most recent. A collision can't be ruled out, but there is a frequent tendency of old, retired Russian satellites just exploding for no reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_debris_producing_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_debris_producing...