Putin is ready to squeeze Russia's outrageously wealthy elite to fund a future war with NATO, analysts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Red Square, Moscow, to mark 10 years of Russia's annexation of Crimea on March 18, 2024.

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2 NATO powerhouses are creating an armored-vehicle coalition to support Ukraine

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A Leopard 2 tank is seen in action at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A Leopard 2 tank at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, in February 2023.

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Western militaries need to start figuring out how to fight long and bloody attritional wars like Ukraine, former Army officer warns

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A Ukrainian soldier of the Khartia brigade fires an AK-47 pellet gun from a trench during a training as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 7, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier of the Khartia brigade fires an AK-47 pellet gun from a trench during a training as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine, on February 7, 2024.

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NATO's newest member says it's ready to fortify a strategic island in the middle of the Baltic Sea close to Russia

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Swedish military officials watch a C-130H take off from a runway on Gotland Island on October 23, 2021.

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Sweden conducted its first reconnaissance flights near the Russian border since joining NATO

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Planes from different NATO nations' militaries fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on June 6, 2022, during an exercise in the Baltic Sea.

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Russia isn't ready for the surprise NATO attack its strategists foresee

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Destroyer USS McCampbell launches a missile for a flight test on Feb. 8 off Hawaii.
Destroyer USS McCampbell launches a missile for a flight test on Feb. 8 off Hawaii.

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With Sweden in NATO, the alliance has new ways to strike Russia's prime targets

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Air force from different nations fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on June 6, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. -

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Europe cannot keep assuming the US will fund its defense, European leader warns

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Ukrainian servicemen attend drills near the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine, in January 2024.

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NATO navies can exploit a Russian fear and keep Putin from invading more neighbors

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The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.
The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 21, 2023.

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If Putin isn't stopped 'whatever happens next is Europe's problem at large,' Lithuanian PM says

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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė wearing a black coat lays a tribute at the bottom of a statue
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė pays tribute to victims of the Holodomor, Great Famine, which took place in the 1930s and killed millions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 2022.

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