Ukraine says spymaster's wife is recovering after being poisoned by heavy metals, and an expert believes Russia is a prime suspect

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Kyrylo Budanov salutes in his military uniform
Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, center, attends a commemorative event on the occasion of the Russia Ukraine war one year anniversary in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2023.

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Russia's huge Air Force is still mostly intact, but it hasn't been building the jets it needs to win on the ground in Ukraine

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Russian Su-35 fighter jet crash in Ukraine
A Russian Su-35 downed in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in April 2022.

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A teenager who fled Russia-occupied Ukraine sent a police officer who was trying to find him a mocking selfie to show he made it to Kyiv

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Kyiv's Independence Square
A view of Maidan Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, where Rostyslav Lavrov took a selfie to send to a Russian police officer.

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Ukraine is taking advantage of a storm grounding Russia's air power to fortify a vital bridgehead, analysts say

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Two Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade and a mortar
Two Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade firing a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions, in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023.

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Ukrainian soldier says he crawled for 3 days to escape after he was stranded behind enemy lines

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Smoke and fire as Ukrainian soldiers train on an SPG anti-tank weapon system in the gras
Members of the 68th Mechanised Brigade fire an SPG anti-tank weapon system during a training exercise in October 2023 in Kupiansk, Ukraine.

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Ukraine says its Patriot missile system once took out 5 Russian aircraft in 5 minutes

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Patriot air defence
Patriot air defense systems bound for Ukraine, seen at the airport of Rzeszow-Jasionka, Poland, on November 22, 2023.

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Russia's fraught rupee oil trade is a warning for countries trying to abandon the dollar

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Putin, Modhi
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Winter storm may have unmoored mines in the Black Sea ramping up naval danger for both Ukraine and Russia

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A screenshot of a video released by Russian officials show emergency responders standing in flood waters.
A storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea.

Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP

Russia and Ukraine are both beefing up their air defenses ahead of another winter of bombardment

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Ukraine Kyiv air defense
Ukrainian air-defense systems fire into the sky outside Kyiv on November 25.

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Russia is wrestling with a labor crisis — and is making it even worse by sending highly-skilled workers to war

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Russian border
People carrying luggage walk past the Russian side of the border toward the Nizhniy Lars customs checkpoint between Georgia and Russia on September 25, 2022.

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