Russia is playing risky games with its exploding drones, attacking Ukrainian ports only a couple hundred meters from NATO territory

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A view shows a marine station building destroyed during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.
A view shows a marine station building destroyed during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Izmail, Odesa region, Ukraine August 2, 2023.

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Ukraine's NATO membership would be bad for Putin, but great for the Russian economy, professor says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Putin wanted his own version of NATO. Instead he has a failing alliance that has only made him look weaker since the invasion of Ukraine.

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Kazakhstan’s president, Kyrgyzstan’s president, Armenia’s prime minister, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Yerevan, Armenia, November 2022.

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NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia

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Norway Ula-class submarine Utstein
Norwegian Ula-class submarine Utstein during a NATO exercise in the North Sea in August 2003.

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is bringing Japan closer to NATO, in yet another own goal for Putin

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi address a media conference on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, April 4, 2023.

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Russian security agents have been using a secret network of corrupted computers to spy on NATO for decades, but the US just busted it open, feds say

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A view shows decorations installed ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia May 8, 2023.
A view shows decorations installed ahead of Victory Day, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow

Russia's version of NATO is crumbling, with even some of its closest allies frustrated by Putin's failing war in Ukraine

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yrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev enter the hall during the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at the Grand Kremlin Palace, May, 16, 2022, in Moscow, Russia.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia

Germany is finally focusing on defending NATO, but its military 'lacks almost everything' it needs to do it, a former German general says

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Germany Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter AN-124
A Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter is unloaded in Germany during redeployment from Afghanistan in May 2021.

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US general cautions against writing Russia's army off in Ukraine: 'It is bigger today than it was at the beginning of the conflict'

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Russian military vehicles attend rehearsal of Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, at Tverskaya street in Moscow, Russia on April 28, 2022.
Russian military vehicles attend rehearsal of Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia on April 28, 2022.

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Front-line NATO allies worry they could be next after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and are getting ready for a fight

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British soldiers attend the Winter Camp 23 military drills near Tapa, Estonia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The Winter Camp exercises are regular drills conducted by NATO's multinational battle group in Estonia led by the United Kingdom.
British soldiers attend the Winter Camp 23 military drills near Tapa, Estonia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.
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