From KFC to rockets, how the massive Gaza tunnel network kept evolving

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Tunnels have run under Gaza for decades. But when Hamas took over, the underground network expanded into what Israel calls its biggest military threat. We decoded the long history of the Gaza tunnels to find out what makes it so hard to destroy.

Senior leaders of Russia's military severely wounded during targeted strike on Black Sea Fleet HQ, reports say

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A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.

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Ukraine's military medical care has been superior to Russia's, but the lasting Soviet doctrine of simply throwing waves of soldiers at your enemies could help make up for it

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Russian military cadets take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on April 25, 2023.
Russian military cadets take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on April 25, 2023.

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Russia's ruthless minefields aren't just handcuffing Western tanks. Each day the war drags on the mines get more buried — and are likely to haunt Ukraine for many years to come.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers clear mines and a warning sign about mines.
Soldiers prepare to clear an anti tank mine by using rope to remove the detonator during a mine clearance training exercise on July 11 2023, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine; Unexploded munition collected by de-mining unit of National Guards of Ukraine before they will be destroyed seen in near Kherson.

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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers are returning to the battlefield as heavy casualties shrink platoons

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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers at Zaporizhzhia Military Hospital
Soldiers recovering from their wounds are pictured at the Zaporizhzhia Military Hospital, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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A Ukrainian sergeant says the battleground was so thick with wounded soldiers that the evacuation vehicles were accidentally driving over their bodies

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Ukrainian soldiers help a wounded comrade into an evacuation vehicle in the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers help a wounded comrade into an evacuation vehicle in the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.

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Ukrainian morgues seeing 'more or less double' the fatalities since counter-offensive began

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Ukrainian servicemen carry a coffin of one of the three Ukrainian soldiers killed during the battles with Russian troops.
While Ukraine does not disclose the number of casualties it has sustained, General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimated in February that Ukraine had lost more than 100,000 soldiers since the war began last year.

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Russia prepared for Ukraine war with university blood drives and by having surgeons practice on large animals — but they may not have been ready for the extent of the casualties

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Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

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More than twice as many Russian troops as Ukrainians have been killed in Putin's war, leaked estimates show

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A Ukrainian service member fires a mortar towards Russian troops in frontline near the Vuhledar town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 7, 2023
A Ukrainian service member fires a mortar towards Russian troops in frontline near the Vuhledar town, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine February 7, 2023

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War in Ukraine by the numbers: Mass deaths, billions in aid, thousands of destroyed tanks, and more stats that paint an image of Russia's unprovoked invasion

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A collage of five photographs showing scenes from the war in Ukraine

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