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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, reaches past US President Joe Biden to shake hands with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda as they stand with other NATO members, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (r) alongside US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, at the NATO Summit in

An Austrian former minister who controversially danced with Putin at her wedding flew to Russia with her ponies on a military plane, says report

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Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and Russian President Vladimir Putin dance during her wedding on August 18, 2018 in Gamlitz, Styria, Austria.
Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and Russian President Vladimir Putin dance during her wedding on August 18, 2018 in Gamlitz, Styria, Austria.

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Ukraine's decoys are getting even more elaborate, with a dummy radar system the latest to trick Russia

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A screenshot from a Russian military video, showing a plume of smoke in a field, and purporting to show a destructive strike on a Ukrainian radar array. Ukrainian sources say it was a decoy.
A screenshot from Russian social media purports to show a destructive strike on a Ukrainian radar array. Ukrainian sources say it was a decoy.

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Former Wagner fighters are having to find new careers. One started a 'Wagner Taxi' company using the group's logo.

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A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022.

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Ukraine's army keeps outsmarting Russia on the battlefield, with cunning ruses and opportunistic attacks

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A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022.

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Ukrainian commander says he'd be dead if he fought exactly how the US and its allies taught him

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Ukrainian soldiers receive training from Norwegian instructors as part of a NATO program in August 2023 in Trondheim, Norway.

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Putin is 'scrounging around' for low-quality weapons by doing a deal with North Korea, US official says

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space center in Russia, as seen on TV in South Korea.

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Lauren Boebert denied vaping at the 'Beetlejuice' performance she was kicked out of. Video clearly shows she did.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert vaping, left, and a Broadway performance of
Rep. Lauren Boebert vaping, left, and a Broadway performance of "Beetlejuice," right, in a composite image.

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Ukrainian soldier says his drone unit hasn't fired their rifles in 6 months and that the future of warfare is all about 'shooting drones at each other'

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Two Ukrainian soldiers look up at a drone.
Ukrainian soldiers flying a drone during a military training session in Donetsk, Ukraine, on August 17, 2023.

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The guy who drove a rolling tank bomb at Russian soldiers jammed the accelerator down before jumping out of a hatch, Ukraine says

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An old Russian-made T-62 tank lies in an armoured vehicle
An old Russian-made T-62 tank in a vehicle "graveyard" at an Israeli army base near the southern town of Kiryat Gat in May 2011.

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