Russia wants to replenish its troops by recruiting 400,000 new contract soldiers starting April: reports

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Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" in Saint Petersburg on September 29, 2022.

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North Carolina's Outer Banks beach struggles with lost home — as mysterious item appears on shore

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The collapsed one-story house at 23228 East Point Drive, Rodanthe,
The one-story house at 23228 East Point Drive, Rodanthe, collapsed into the ocean on Monday. Barniak assumed the object he found belonged to the house, but he was wrong.

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Rhode Island woman wore a uniform with a Purple Heart and sought help as a veteran with cancer. She'd never served in the military.

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Sarah Cavanaugh at an event in August 2021, before she was charged with fraud for falsifying a persona as a veteran.

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The next world power will be the first to harness the power of AI, former defense official argues in new book

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A coastal fort in Wales used by the US Army in the Second World War is on the market for $230,000

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Fort Hubberstone is on the west side of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Fighter jets escorted a plane into a London airport after it lost communications and may have caused a 'sonic boom'

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RAF fighter jets (pictured on a separate occasion) might have been the source of the "loud bang."

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Russia and Ukraine have a lot of the same tanks and jets, but Kyiv has a decisive 'flesh and bone' advantage, top US enlisted leader says

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A Ukrainian soldier carries a drone close to the frontline near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.
A Ukrainian soldier carries a drone close to the frontline near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023.

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War in Ukraine by the numbers: Mass deaths, billions in aid, thousands of destroyed tanks, and more stats that paint an image of Russia's unprovoked invasion

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The West hits Russia with fresh sanctions and raises tariffs on key commodities a year after the invasion of Ukraine

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A Russian armored personnel carrier is driven on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine’s Black Sea Port that hosts a major Russian navy base Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych.

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I helped create a 'cyber army' to help Ukraine defeat Russia. We can't fight with guns, but we can fight with our laptops.

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Photograph of Yegor Aushev crossing his arms in Kyiv
Yegor Aushev issued his call for volunteers on the day Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago.

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