A surge of Russian demand has made China the world's biggest car exporter

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One of Xi's public displays of cracking down on corruption included seizing more than 100 high-end cars used by officials.

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Ukrainian soldiers say they're having to abandon vehicles and hike for miles to the front lines because of exploding Russian drones

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Soldiers at the training ground calibrate their machine guns after going into combat on January 9, 2024, in Lyman district, Ukraine.
Soldiers at the training ground calibrate their machine guns after going into combat on January 9, 2024, in Lyman district, Ukraine.

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Saudi Arabia hosted a secret meeting meant to strengthen Ukraine's hand in peace talks: report

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy at an end-of-year press conference on December 19, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Ukrainian air attacks are chipping away at Russia's defenses in Crimea, leaving key occupied areas exposed, intel suggests

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In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.
In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.

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Footage appears to show a Ukrainian shooting down a Russian cruise missile with an aged antiaircraft gun. Experts say it's an incredible shot.

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A still from the footage shows the moment before and after a Ukrainian soldier shot what appears to be a cruise missile out of the sky.

Russian soldiers are stealing clothes, razors, and backpacks from each other: report

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks past destroyed Russian military vehicles in a forest outside Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 7, 2022.

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Ukrainian soldier describes his '1 in 1,000' escape from one of the most hellish battles of the war

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Two injured Ukrainian servicemen inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in eastern Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 10, 2022.

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Ukraine's top general wanted a bold counteroffensive a year earlier that the US thought was too risky. It might have reshaped the war.

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The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of Ukraine fire in the Bakhmut District, Donetsk Region on September 16, 2023.

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When critical equipment broke in a firefight, Ukrainian soldiers used their belts to load the 620-pound rockets needed to keep killing Russia's tanks: book

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Ukrainian artillery unit fires with a BM-27 Uragan, a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher, at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region on August 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian artillery unit fires with a BM-27 Uragan, a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher, at a position near a frontline in Donetsk region on August 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia is spending so much money and manpower on defense that it's draining the rest of the economy

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his meeting with officers of Russian army and secret services who prevented invasion of PMC Wagner Group to Russian capital last weekend, on June 27, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during his meeting with officers of Russian army and secret services who prevented invasion of PMC Wagner Group to Russian capital last weekend, on June 27, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.

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