Ukrainian mayor says Russian troops are disguising themselves as civilians to escape Zaporizhzhia, according to local report

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A Russian serviceman stands guard in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022.
A Russian serviceman stands guard in an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022.

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Ukrainians with cellphones and machine guns are forcing Russia to change how it launches its drone attacks

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Anti-aircraft gunners with an air-defense unit of Ukraine's National Guard on a combat mission in August.

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It's riskier than ever to be a foreign business in China, as evidenced by a series of recent sanctions, detentions, and an updated anti-espionage law that has watchdogs on edge

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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The Russian military is trying to recruit Central Asian migrant workers to fight in Ukraine to avoid another mandatory mobilization, UK intel says

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Tajik migrant workers climb into a van on the outskirts of Moscow on October 29, 2008.
Tajik migrant workers climb into a van on the outskirts of Moscow on October 29, 2008.

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After a 35-year break, the US Navy is building frigates again, and it has a lot of catching up to do

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USS Ingraham, the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate built for the US, returns from its last deployment in November 2014.

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Wagner chief said his troops are no longer withdrawing from Bakhmut after being promised as many artillery shells as they need

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Russian businessman and Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin at an economic forum in 2016.

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Germany is finally focusing on defending NATO, but its military 'lacks almost everything' it needs to do it, a former German general says

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A Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter is unloaded in Germany during redeployment from Afghanistan in May 2021.

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Ukraine launched more than 10 attack drones on Crimea in an overnight barrage, a Russian-installed official says

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A Russian flag waves beside the bay of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on March 22, 2014.

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A new law allows Putin to draft Russians via an online portal — even if they don't have an account. It 'brings the digital Gulag much, much closer,' critics say

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A military cadet stands in front of a billboard promoting contract army service in Saint Petersburg on October 5, 2022. - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russian men to bolster Moscow's army in Ukraine, sparking demonstrations and an exodus of men abroad.

No Bluesky invite? You're not alone: Biden can't get one either.

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Bluesky social app (left) and President Joe Biden (right).

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