Russia's economic growth may be too weak to sustain defense and social spending, a top business leader warns

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of military equipment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was looking to hike taxes on the rich to bankroll the war in Ukraine.

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Russia is stepping up its hunt for top targets: the pilots powering Ukraine's drone fight

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A Ukrainian serviceman carries a Domakha reconnaissance drone, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 2, 2025.
Ukrainian drone pilots have become increasingly under threat.

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Photos show an F-35 flaunting a fresh kill marking after the stealth fighter made NATO history by downing Russian drones

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A grey fighter jet in the sky with a new drone-shaped marking under the cockpit circled in red
The Dutch F-35 was pictured with a new marking.

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Russian pilots are turning unjammable drones into flying IEDs to ambush Ukrainian vehicles

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A Ukrainian tank drives on a road in a village in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on March 16, 2025.
Russia is increasingly using roadside drones to ambush Ukrainian armored vehicles.

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EU Leaders Discuss Building a ‘Drone Wall’ After ‘Hybrid Attack’

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This photograph shows Ukrainian air defence firing projectiles at a Russian drone flying above Kyiv during an air attack on September 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

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A US warship just joined up with NATO's new mission to blunt undersea sabotage for the first time

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), transits across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a comprehensive training unit exercise.
USS Bulkeley has joined NATO's Baltic Sentry mission.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

Russian military aircraft fly close to NATO warships all the time, top commander says

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FGS Hamburg Frigate takes part in the operation to stop Merchant Vessel Royal Diamond 7, a ship carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya's Benghazi, to enforce UN arms embargo on Libya within the Operation IRINI launched in May by EU, on September 10, 2020.
A Russian military aircraft flew near the German frigate FGS Hamburg earlier this month.

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Ukraine's mysterious 'Ghosts' unit is hunting Russian warplanes in Crimea. They just claimed 2 more hits.

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A still from black and white video shows an aircraft sat on the ground
A screenshot from Ukrainian military footage appears to show footage from a drone before it attacked a Russian An-26 transport aircraft.

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Germany's first permanent brigade abroad since WWII built its war kit for NATO's eastern edge by watching Ukraine

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An armored vehicle driving on a dusty road with camoflage netting on top
The Puma S1 infantry fighting vehicle is among the assets the German brigade is bringing to Lithuania.

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