Video shows Russian soldier saying some troops mixed river water in a can of meat and drank it for a week so they wouldn't starve

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Russia conscript soldiers military training
Russians called up as part of the partial mobilization go through military training in Rostov on October 21, 2022.

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Russia appears to be putting jamming tech on its tanks as exploding drones chase down its vehicles to deadly effect

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Ukrainian drones
DJI Matrice 300 reconnaissance drones conducting test flights near Kyiv on August 2, 2022, prior to being sent to the front line.

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DIY exploding drones are changing the game in Ukraine war

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Russia and Ukraine are expanding drone fleets and training more operators as cheap, hobby-style FPVs reshape combat in the war.

A downed Russian Shahed drone was found with a Ukrainian SIM card, suggesting the technology was used to pilot the explosive drone: think tank

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Remnants of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone.
Russia has used Shahed-136 drones — like the one pictured above — to launch devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities.

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Russia has stopped exchanging POWs because it wants Ukrainian families to think their country is abandoning their loved ones, official says

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A group of captured Russian soldiers in a prison in Western Ukraine
A group of captured Russian soldiers lining up at a prison in western Ukraine on April 18, 2023.

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A dozen Russian marines were killed when an RPG shell rolled into a fire they'd lit beside a pile of ammo and exploded, report says

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Burnt anti-tank shells
Burnt anti-tank shells from the Soviet RPG-7 grenade launcher lie on abandoned Russian positions in April 2022 in Sosnivka Village, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

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A Russian who joined the army for the money says his training consisted of tasks like picking up sticks. He was then sent to fight.

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Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 31, 2023Ukrainian service members of the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops
Ukraine's 55th Separate Artillery Brigade fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops n

Ukraine set off 4 explosive devices on a freight train operating on the only major railroad connecting Russia and China: report

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A freight train in Yongchuan district in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
A freight train loaded with SUVs made by Great Wall Motor starting its journey to Russia in Yongchuan district in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on November 14, 2023.

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Ukraine's air force dropped a wild video of a MiG-29 hugging the ground in a shockingly low pass

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A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset on August 1, 2023, in eastern Ukraine.
A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset on August 1, 2023, in eastern Ukraine.

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Russia is stuffing an elite paratrooper force with poorly trained troops that are eroding its power, UK intel says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures in a black coat beside men in camouflage
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in October 2022.

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