Russia is recruiting 30,000 new soldiers a month, enough to replace the ones thrown into the meat grinder in Ukraine, war analysts say

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Russia conscript soldiers lined up for military training.
Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Vladimir Putin is scrambling to contain soaring egg prices as Russia grapples with a Soviet-style economic headache

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Vladimir Putin looking at meat on display at a supermarket in Moscow in June 2009.
Vladimir Putin looks at meat on display in a Moscow supermarket in June 2009.

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Leaked German military documents laid out a doomsday scenario where Russia wins in Ukraine then invades Europe

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NSTO in Lithuania
A NATO deployment in Eastern Europe on February 5, 2022, a few weeks before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia will defeat Ukraine if the West abandons it, a former NATO commander says

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Former NATO commander Philip Breedlove (left) and a Ukrainian soldier (right).
"If the West abandons Ukraine, it will fight valiantly, but tens of thousands of more Ukrainians will die," former NATO commander Philip Breedlove told Newsweek.

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The mystery of Siberia's strange exploding craters may have finally been solved

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FILE PHOTO: A member of an expedition group stands on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia November 9, 2014 REUTERS/Vladimir Pushkarev/Russian Centre of Arctic Exploration
A member of an expedition group stands on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula, northern Siberia

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Ukraine says it hit 2 prized Russian command aircraft in just one day

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A Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft flies over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.
A Beriev A-50 flies over Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.

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Trade between China and Russia ballooned to a record $240 billion last year

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a reception in Moscow
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a reception in Moscow.

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Russia's dark fleet of ships kept its oil exports strong. But 2 recent incidents in the Red Sea highlight the risks of that strategy.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Russia appears helpless to stop drone attacks by Ukraine forces on the Dnipro River, UK intel says

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A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.
A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.

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2 US Bradley fighting vehicles take out Russia's top T-90 battle tank on Ukraine battlefield, video shows

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Video shows a Russian T-90 tank spinning out of control after being struck by 2 Bradley fighting vehicles.
Video shows a Russian T-90 tank spinning out of control after being struck by 2 Bradley fighting vehicles.

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