A Ukrainian commander had Russian troops in his sights but couldn't attack. He says a US rule is to blame.

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Ukrainian soldiers passing through the border city of Vovchansk, in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast
Ukrainian soldiers in the border city of Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, on May 20, 2024.

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US sea route for Gaza aid isn't working, say Pentagon and UN

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A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Gaza coast, May 19, 2024.
A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Gaza coast, on May 19.

An Egyptian spy single-handedly ruined the Israel-Hamas cease-fire: CNN

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Israel Rafah strikes
Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in eastern Rafah, Gaza, on May 7, 2024.

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The next North Korea crisis could come this year

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - 2024/04/22: South Korea's 24-hour Yonhapnews TV shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program on a TV at Yongsan Railroad Station in Seoul.
South Korea's Yonhap News TV showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch.

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How the US Army refined its battle-tested, controversial M4 Carbine for modern combat

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A close up shot of a US Marine firing an M4A1 carbine
A US Marine fires an M4A1 carbine at a live-fire training in Barira, Philippines.

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A Ukrainian unit is flying drones at night to drop mines inside Russia: report

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A Ukrainian drone pilot of the 92nd brigade preparing a drone in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, near the border of Russia
A Ukrainian drone pilot of the 92nd brigade preparing a drone in Kharkiv, Ukraine, near the border of Russia, on May 14, 2024.

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He moderated r/Ukraine, shaping how the world sees the war. Now he has to fight in it.

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A conscript enters a recruiting center in Lviv, Ukraine.
A conscript enters a recruiting center in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Russia's fearsome S-400 air-defense system isn't quite living up to the hype in Ukraine

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S-400 Triumph systems in Moscow's Red Square
S-400 Triumph systems rehearse before the World War II anniversary in Moscow in 2017.

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Ukraine says it may have destroyed Russia's last cruise missile carrier based out of Crimea

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A satellite image shows smoke billowing from a Russian Black Sea Navy HQ after a missile strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023.
A satellite image shows smoke billowing from the port of Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023. Used for illustration purposes.

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The West always gives Ukraine weapons one year after it actually needs them, Zelenskyy says

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waiting to greet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prior to their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waiting to greet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prior to their meeting in Kyiv on May 14, 2024.

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