Russia is raising a stink about F-16s in Ukraine by saying they're nuclear-capable, even though the types of warplanes already deployed there can carry nukes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) reacts as he sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on August 20, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) reacts as he sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on August 20, 2023.

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Russia's former president threatened nuclear attacks on Western capital cities if NATO sends any troops to Ukraine

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Russia's former president and now serving as deputy chairman of the country's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev (L), visits the Totsky military training field outside Siberian city of Orenburg on July 14, 2023.
Russia's former president and now serving as deputy chairman of the country's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev (L), visits the Totsky military training field outside Siberian city of Orenburg on July 14, 2023.

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Air National Guard leaders say proposal to move units to Space Force poses 'existential threat' to US national security

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A soldier in uniform displays US Space Force tapes and service branch patch
Staff Sgt. David Diehl II displays his new United States Space Force tapes and service branch patch at Dover Air Force Base.

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Watch an exploding Ukrainian drone boat dodge fire from the air to kill one of the small, high-speed Russian ships still fighting in the Black Sea

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A Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drone approaches a Russian boat in the occupied Crimean peninsula.
A Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drone approaches a Russian boat in the occupied Crimean peninsula.

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A Chinese fighter jet popped flares in the path of an Australian military helicopter in an 'unsafe' Yellow Sea intercept, Canberra says

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Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2021 shows a J-10C fighter jet during the air Show 2021 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.
Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2021 shows a J-10C fighter jet during the air Show 2021 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.

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Ukraine will have to wait till 2025 to mount a counteroffensive against Russia, US national security advisor says

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A Ukrainian soldier operating a drone during training.
A Ukrainian soldier operating a drone during training.

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Russian soldiers were convicted of over 100 murders when they returned home last year, a report says

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Soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War at Red Square on May 9, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
Soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War at Red Square on May 9, 2023, in Moscow, Russia.

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Turkey suspended trade with Israel pending a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Here's what that could mean for Israel.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Istanbul, Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Pentagon races to prop up Ukraine's hard-fighting 47th Mechanized Brigade that's exhausted, report says

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Ukrainian soldiers of 47th Mechanized Brigade on M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on Avdiivka direction on February 23, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers of 47th Mechanized Brigade on M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on Avdiivka direction on February 23, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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The UK could need an Israeli-style Iron Dome air defense system, says former US national security advisor

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L: A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza as an Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defense missile system attempts to intercept the rockets, fired from the Gaza Strip, over the city of Netivot in southern Israel on October 8, 2023.
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