Ex-CIA director says Russia has broken the stalemate in Ukraine and is 'on the offensive' along the 600-mile war front

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Robert Gates (left) and Vladimir Putin (right).
Former CIA director Robert Gates (left) and Russian leader Vladimir Putin (right).

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Ukraine took out another Russian fighter jet, bringing its kill streak to 7 in a week

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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Russia accused a Russian-American ballerina of treason after she donated $51 to Ukraine

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A person holding US dollar bills (left) and Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners (right).
The Russian Federal Security Service said on Tuesday that they had detained a 33-year-old Russian-American woman. The agency accused her of raising funds to support Ukraine.

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Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian car, deepening their war bromance and ignoring sanctions to do it

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok on April 25, 2019.

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The White House says Ukraine may lose Adviivka to 'wave after wave' of Russian conscripts if the GOP keeps blocking aid

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Avdiivka (left) and John Kirby (right).
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Russia could seize the city of Avdiivka because Ukraine is running out of ammunition.

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Video of Russian naval ship explosion shows a much-needed win for Ukraine

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Ukraine says it sank a Russian naval ship in the Black Sea with cheap sea drones. The country reports it's the second Russian ship destroyed in a month — a much-needed win for Ukraine, which is low on ammunition, fresh troops, and ally aid.

Russia has lost more tanks than it had before the Ukraine war, says think tank

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A Russian tank that was seized by Ukraine's army in August 2023.
A Russian tank that was seized by Ukraine's army in August 2023.

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Russia's economic decline is in only in the early stages, and the country is masking significant 'degradation,' think tank says

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Putin with military personnel saluting behind him.
Russia is losing a huge amount of human capital as war drags on, one think-tank chair warns.

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Russian planes starved of spare parts are running into safety incidents twice as often as they were before the war

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Law enforcement officers standing next to a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane in September 2023. The plane had to make an emergency landing in an open Siberian field.
Law enforcement officers standing next to a Ural Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane in September 2023. The plane had to make an emergency landing in an open Siberian field.

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Russia's war spending and labor exodus are bringing back a Soviet Union economy, IMF official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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