The Black Sea has a deadly naval mine problem that will long outlast the Ukraine war

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An aerial view of Turkish Nav's minesweeper ship belonging to Turkish Navy Mine Squadron Command in 2022. An auxiliary boat and its circular trail in the water around the ship is also visible.
An aerial view of a Turkish Navy minesweeper.

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Ukraine's wild, fire-breathing drones aim to create terror among Russian troops, military experts say

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A still from a video attributed to Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in September 2024, appearing to show a drone raining a flaming substance on a Russian-held treeline.
A drone appears to rain fire on a treeline in this video attributed to Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade.

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Ukraine unveiled a brand new drone military unit with the goal of specializing soldiers in operating unmanned systems

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A pilot of the "Sharp Kartuza" division of FPV drones preparing a drone for a combat flight in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

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Why Russia's brain drain is the biggest problem facing its economy

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Russia is missing around 5 million workers from its labor force, according to estimates from a European think tank.

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Russia keeps trying to replace the bridges that Ukraine destroys. Ukraine is taking out those, too.

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A screenshot from drone video shared by Ukrainian special operations forces on August 21, 2024. It appears to show engineering equipment attempting to lay down a pontoon bridge platform on the Seym River, in Kursk, Western Russia, amid Ukraine's incursion into the region.
Footage shared by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces appeared to show pontoon bridges being targeted.

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See inside the NYC-sized area of Russia that Ukraine seized in its lightning offensive

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A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha is damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.
A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha was damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.

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Russia's economic growth is masking a looming 'economic catastrophe,' researchers say

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Russia's private sector is deteriorating while the nation pours money into its military and defense, the researchers said.

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Ukraine says it kept its plans for the Kursk offensive secret even from the Pentagon. Here's why.

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Zelenskyy defiantly explained why he didn't share details of the Kursk incursion with the West.

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine told no one about the Kursk invasion because its allies would have called it 'unrealistic'

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking during an interview with French media in Rivne.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country did not inform their allies about the planned incursion on Kursk because it would have seemed "unrealistic" to them.

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Ukrainian soldiers suspected they would invade Russia when they got new rifles, but still thought it was a joke when the orders came through

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A Ukrainian soldier firing a machine gun at Russian drones.
"We joked that it wasn't April 1st. The commander just smiled, knowing we had no idea what was awaiting us," a Ukrainian soldier identified only by his first name, Serhiy, said of the orders to invade Russia, per The Economist.

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