A Russian oligarch's megayacht seized by the US is costing taxpayers a fortune, and the government is desperate to sell

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The 106m-long and 18m-high super luxury motor yacht Amadea, one of the largest yacht in the world is seen after anchored at pier in Pasatarlasi for bunkering with 9 fuel trucks, on February 18, 2020 in Bodrum district of Mugla province in Turkey
The Amadea.

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Russia played a card that nearly doubled its energy revenues in February

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi, Russia, in October.

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Ukraine didn't build the defenses it needs most when it had the chance, and now it's got a problem

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Ukrainian soldiers hide during the shelling at the air defense positions held in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on August 8, 2023.

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A Russian warship's last-resort machine-gun fire wasn't enough to defeat the Ukrainian sea drone assault that sunk it, video shows

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Screengrab from a video of a Ukrainian USV attack on the Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship Caesar Kunikov (BDK-64) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Screengrab from a video of a Ukrainian USV attack on the Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship Caesar Kunikov (BDK-64) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Russia seems to be OK with sacrificing its planes over Ukraine to achieve a bigger prize, experts say

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks beside the blue remnants of a Ukrainian jet with rubble and a house behind him
Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighting aircraft in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 6, 2022

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Ukrainian soldiers have learned to send in drones before attacking trenches, military trainer says

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Two Ukrainian soldiers wearing combat gear walk at a fork in a trench
Ukrainian service members in a trench at a frontline in Ukraine's Donetsk region in 2023.

REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

China and Russia are outpacing the US and its allies in military technology development, Australian defense official warns

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Sailors conduct visit, board, search and seizure training with Royal Brunei Navy in the South China Sea

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Sometimes, all it takes to get access to top-secret info is to flirt online with a random US Air Force employee

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A red "Secret" cover sheet

US Department of Defense

Ukrainian troops are crowdfunding for the construction vehicles desperately needed for new defenses

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Ukrainian soldiers of the 41st brigade stand in a trench near the frontline, outside Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Jan. 23, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers of the 41st brigade stand in a trench near the frontline, outside Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Russia is keeping its newest weapons out of Ukraine, likely fearing a combat loss would ruin their reputation

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Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.
Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.

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