Ukrainian soldiers say they caught a Russian medic forced to operate a tank, highlighting the dysfunction in Putin's army

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As seen from an aerial view, a destroyed Russian T-80 tank, its turret blown upside down, sits on a former frontline on February 27, 2023 in Bogorodychne, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
As seen from an aerial view, a destroyed Russian T-80 tank, its turret blown upside down, sits on a former frontline on February 27, 2023 in Bogorodychne, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

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Russia's oil and gas revenue plunged 40% in January as western sanctions take a toll, IEA says

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) visits the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery near the city of Samara, Russia.

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Russia will emerge from the Ukraine war a 'shattered military power,' top Pentagon official says

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Ukrainian artillery teams fire Pions toward Russian positions in Bakhmut on Feb. 5, 2023.
Ukrainian artillery teams fire Pions toward Russian positions in Bakhmut on Feb. 5, 2023.

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More of Russia's soldiers have died in Ukraine — a war Putin thought would be over in days — than in all its wars since World War II combined, new analysis finds

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Ukrainian artillerymen fire a howitzer in the Zaporizhzhia Region of southeastern Ukraine on December 16, 2022.

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A $12,000 writing set from Putin, a photo of Queen Elizabeth, and 5 other unusual presents Biden got from world leaders in 2021

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Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden reach to shake hands.
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange', June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Russian oligarchs' superyachts have avoided the US west coast and the Mediterranean since Russia invaded Ukraine, heat maps show

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Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine, next to a picture of Roman Abramovich's superyacht Solaris.
Heat map showing Russian oligarch yacht traffic across the world before and after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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A veteran investment chief and former Moscow reporter says markets are pricing in at least another year of Russia's war in Ukraine

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Two Ukrainian men visit the grave of a Ukrainian soldier at the cemetery of fallen soldiers in Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 20, 2023

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Timelapse map shows how close Russia came to taking Kyiv and how Ukraine reclaimed its land over a year of war

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A Ukrainian soldier checks the wreckage of a burnt Russian tank outside of the village of Mala Rogan, east of Kharkiv, on April 1, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian soldier checks the wreckage of a burnt Russian tank outside of the village of Mala Rogan, east of Kharkiv, on April 1, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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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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Putin wanted to boast about Russia launching a nuclear-capable ICBM — but the launch failed so he couldn't, report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would suspend its participation in its last major nuclear arms deal with the US.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would suspend its participation in its last major nuclear arms deal with the US.

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