Russia sent a unit of Ukrainian POWs into battle against their own countrymen, analysts say

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Russian penal colony
A photograph taken on June 23, 2022 shows a strict-regime penal colony IK-6 near the village of Melekhovo outside the town of Vladimir, some 250 kilometres outside Moscow.

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Russia launched its most intense ever air attack on Ukraine, overcoming its defenses with drones, airstrikes and powerful missiles

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Dnipro attack
Smoke rises from a building that was heavily damaged after a Russian strike hit the city center of Dnipro, Ukraine, on December 29, 2023.

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Russia captured a strategically significant Ukrainian town, but the high price it paid to win Marinka may hamper the victory

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A man stands in the doorway of a destroyed house
A man stands in the doorway of a destroyed house after bombardments in the village of Marinka.

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Russians celebrated capturing a ghost town in Ukraine. Photos show how the war ruined it.

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The rubble of a destroyed building
An aerial view of a destroyed building in Marinka.

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'Almost naked' party causes uproar in Russia

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Russian celebrities and influencers are facing backlash over an $11,000-per-ticket costume party with a "nude illusion" theme as Ukraine war rages.

Putin's rumored goddaughter is among Russian celebs doing damage control after a raunchy 'almost naked' party

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Ksenia Sobchak
Ksenia Sobchak at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 2, 2013.

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Russia's PM took a jab at Biden's Christmas vacation, saying the Kremlin is still hard at work

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President Joe Biden and his family climb down the stairs of Air Force One.
President Joe Biden and his family climb down the stairs of Air Force One on December 27, 2023, after arriving on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix for a vacation.

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The time in 1978 when a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed into Canada and scattered radioactive debris everywhere

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The moon rises over a giant statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, former Bolshevik leader of the 1917 October Revolution and the first Head of state of the Soviet Union , on March 16, 1992, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The moon rises over a giant statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, former Bolshevik leader of the 1917 October Revolution and the first Head of state of the Soviet Union , on March 16, 1992, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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What led to one of the most significant — but least surprising — deaths in Russia's war with Ukraine in 2023

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People lay carnations on a memorial as they pay tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on August 24.
People lay carnations on a memorial as they pay tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on August 24.

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Ukraine says it deployed its 'FrankenSAM' air-defense systems made from stitching together US and Soviet weapons

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A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.
A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.

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