Why Ukraine's bloodiest battle looked like a scene from World War I

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Ukrainian service members from wearing helmets look up from a trench near Bakhmut
Ukrainian soldiers from the 28th Mechanised Brigade in their trenches after incoming fire at the frontline in the region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, in April 2023.

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Putin's oldest ally was the mastermind behind the assassination of Wagner warlord Prigozhin, report says

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Portrait of Yevgeny Prigozhin next to his supposed plane crash that he died in
Yevgeny Prigozhin and the plane crash he died in.

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How Ukraine lost Bakhmut and Russia won a hollow victory

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A stylized image showing a ruined building, a soldier, and a drone in Bakhmut, Ukraine.

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When Yuriy Stetskiv pulled into Bakhmut at the end of April, the mission was to cling on for as long as possible.

Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US that could help Ukraine, breaking a decades-old arms export policy

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A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.
A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.

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Biden is eyeing using $300B in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. It could backfire.

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A view of the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow on May 26, 2022.

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Japanese prosecutors have demanded a controversial streamer pays a fine after he played music in a restaurant

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JohnnySomali streaming on Kick.

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Russian wives accuse the country's security service of forcing their husbands to lie about war conditions, calling Putin a 'coward' and 'our rat king,' report says

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Russia conscript soldiers military training
Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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The US is piling huge amounts of firepower into the Red Sea to combat Houthi attacks on vital shipping routes

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Houthi loyalists show off their weapons in Amran province, Yemen, on December 20, 2023.

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Xi Jinping and Russia's PM took a victory lap over the US's failure to economically isolate Russia since its invasion of Ukraine

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This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands prior to their meeting in Beijing on December 20, 2023.

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YouTuber says Qatar Airways banned him from flying with them ever again because he left a bad review

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Aviation YouTuber Josh Cahill.

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