Putin makes it official: Russia is all in on defense spending

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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a record defense budget for 2025.

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Russia wants its pro-war bloggers to identify themselves by 2025. Only about 10% of its top channels are complying, analysis says.

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Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk faces the camera during a Zoom interview with The Washington Post.
Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk, pictured here, runs the Telegram account Rybar.

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A US Navy destroyer has come under missile fire 3 times in 3 months as the Houthis try to score a hit on a warship

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale crosses from the South China Sea into the Philippine Sea in 2021.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale during a transit from the South China Sea to the Philippine Sea in 2021.

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Putin put a hit on a double agent because he knew the source of the Russian leader's riches: UK intel

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Emergency workers in protective suits investigate the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury in 2017.

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Bernie Sanders and Elon Musk are on the same page about auditing the Pentagon and slashing the defense budget

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Bernie Sanders speaking at an event on prescription drug costs in Concord, New Hampshire; Elon Musk speaking at a Trump campaign rally in Madison Square Garden in New York.
"Elon Musk is right," Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said of Elon Musk's criticisms of the Defense Department's spending.

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine could join NATO without Article 5 applying to its occupied territory

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during a joint press conference in Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said Article 5 might not apply to all of Ukraine's territory if it joins NATO, to not drag other member states into war.

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National security advisor Jake Sullivan says Biden told him to oversee a 'massive surge' of weapons deliveries to Ukraine before his term ends

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National security advisor Jake Sullivan has served under President Joe Biden since 2021.

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Zelenskyy agrees on X to a '3 hour' Lex Fridman podcast appearance as Musk touts another win for the platform

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking into a microphone.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would depend on seizing its ports. That won't be easy.

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The fate of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would turn on their effort to seize a port facility like Keelung harbor.
The fate of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would turn on their effort to seize a port facility like Keelung harbor.

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Zelenskyy suggests plan to end 'hot phase' of Ukraine war

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Zelenskyy amended his proposal for Ukrainian accession to NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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