Russia has started sending female convicts to fight in Ukraine: report

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Russian servicewoman marching during the Moscow Victory Day parade on May 9, 2024.
Russian servicewoman marching during the Moscow Victory Day parade on May 9, 2024.

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The US military has a plan to turn the Taiwan Strait into an 'unmanned hellscape' if China invades, top admiral says

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201019-N-LI768-1111 PACIFIC OCEAN Oct. 19, 2020 -- An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands.
201019-N-LI768-1111 PACIFIC OCEAN Oct. 19, 2020 -- An unmanned aerial vehicle delivers a payload to the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) around the Hawaiian Islands.

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A top US Army general says it's not the right time to build a new drone branch

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US Marine Corps Sgt. Paul Butcher, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, flies a DJI Mavic Pro Drone while forward deployed in the Middle East on May 25, 2017.
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Russia was scared to fly its Su-57 in combat, fearing a loss. Ukraine scored a hit on one anyway.

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Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during International military-technical forum
Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during International military-technical forum "Army-2020" at Kubinka airbase in Moscow on Aug. 25, 2020.

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A NATO country says its warship was harassed by 2 Chinese fighter jets as it enforced sanctions on North Korea

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HNLMS Tromp frigate
A photo of the HNLMS Tromp frigate shared by the Netherlands' Ministry of Defense on June 7, 2024.

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Video shows a wounded Ukrainian soldier being rescued by a US-made Bradley after a friendly drone spotted him

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Screengrab from a video of two soldiers taking a wounded soldier to a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle
Screengrab from a video showing soldiers helping a wounded soldier into a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, June 9, 2024.

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The US is still holding Ukraine back by limiting what it can take out on Russian soil: ISW

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Ukrainian militaries supervise watch a M142 HIMARS on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine is developing its own glide bombs — the ones it got from the US often don't work

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A Ukrainian officer walks amid the devastation caused by a Russian glide bomb that landed in the village of Petropavlivka on Feb. 13, 2024.
A Ukrainian officer walks amid the devastation caused by a Russian glide bomb that landed in the village of Petropavlivka on Feb. 13, 2024.

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Ukraine war video appears to show US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle and Russian APC in a head-on firefight

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Screengrab of a US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle firing at a Russian personnel carrier
Screengrab of a US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle firing at a Russian personnel carrier

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Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for the military aid delay by Congress while Russia made major advances in Ukraine

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US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) during a bilateral meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris on June 7, 2024.
US President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) during a bilateral meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Paris on June 7, 2024.

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