Russia will send fighter jets and attack helicopters to Iran, state media says. The move could strengthen ties that already have the US worried.

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A Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercepts a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to US 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea May 26, 2020.
A Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercepts a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to US 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea May 26, 2020.

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Russia's air force appears to be turning more to an 1,100-pound cluster bomb in one of the deadliest fights in Ukraine, intel says

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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Ukraine is focusing on blowing up Russia's electronic warfare systems that are impeding its advanced weapons

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The remains of a Russian mobile electronic-warfare system on display at St. Michael's Square in Kyiv in May 2022.

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A Russian soldier says his regiment lost over 1,000 men in just 10 days of fighting in Ukraine

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Five service members of pro-Russian troops
Pro-Russian troops in uniforms without insignia gathering in the separatist-controlled settlement of Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, on March 1, 2022.

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A US Air Force Osprey crashed near Japan with 6 on board, the latest in a string of fatal accidents

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An MV-22 Osprey assault support aircraft departing off the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge on June 8 in the Baltic Sea.

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Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin was on the screen during the 15th World Russian People's Congress at the State Kremlin Palace on November 28, 2023, in Moscow.

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Russia's navy could be open to a sea-drone attack after a huge storm

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Russian warships during rehearsal for a Navy Day parade in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, in July 2014.

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Ukraine says spymaster's wife is recovering after being poisoned by heavy metals, and an expert believes Russia is a prime suspect

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Kyrylo Budanov salutes in his military uniform
Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, center, attends a commemorative event on the occasion of the Russia Ukraine war one year anniversary in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2023.

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Russia's huge Air Force is still mostly intact, but it hasn't been building the jets it needs to win on the ground in Ukraine

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Russian Su-35 fighter jet crash in Ukraine
A Russian Su-35 downed in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in April 2022.

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Why some 40 Israeli hostages may have gone missing in Gaza

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Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants during their violent rampage through the Nova music festival in southern Israel.
Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken hostage by Hamas during the October 7 attacks.

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