A Ukrainian commando described being thrown off a speedboat while under fire, then telling his comrades to abandon him

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Ukrainian soldiers aboard an inflatable boat in a video shared on September 11, 2023, by Ukraine's military-intelligence agency.

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Trade ties between China and the EU are 'at a crossroads' over Russia's war in Ukraine, senior official warns

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FILE PHOTO: European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis takes part in a news conference on the capital markets at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman
FILE PHOTO: European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis takes part in a news conference on the capital markets in Brussels

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A Cuban man promised a job as a driver in Russia was instead trained to fight Ukraine: 'We signed a contract with the devil'

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Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

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An insider claims Putin ordered his defense minister to stop Ukraine's counteroffensive within a month — and it may explain why Russia is making costly attacks, war analysts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) looks on Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) during a military parade in Pskov, Russia, on March,1, 2020.

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Ukraine's 'army of drones' are bombarding Putin's forces, hitting a record 205 pieces of Russian military equipment last week, official says

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A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.
A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.

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Ukraine got its first Abrams tanks from the US — 8 months after Russia's propagandists claimed it already destroyed one

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An M1A2 Abrams at the Army Armor School at Fort Benning in Georgia on April 29, 2022.

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Ukraine says it launched its missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet to coincide with a meeting of Russian naval officers

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A Russian frigate is anchored at a naval base in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol in April 2010.

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A $120 million megayacht linked to a Russian billionaire was seized by authorities, and now residents of a small Caribbean nation are paying $28,000-a-week to maintain it, report says

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A 270-foot megayacht is docked in Venice with the city seen behind and one smaller boat passing by
The Alfa Nero docked in Venice.

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Wild video shows Ukrainian drone flying through dense forest into a Russian hideout before exploding, military says

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Russian dugout identified in a forest west of Kreminna, in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine.

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A former guard at one of Putin's luxury palaces said it's like a toxic 'little town' where everyone is snitching on each other

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Side-by-side images. On the left, Vitaly Brizhaty standing in uniform. On the right, a Google Earth view of part of the palace complex at Olyve, Crimea, showing beaches, a helipad, several large buildings, amid forests.. Dates unclear
Valery Brizhaty says he worked as an FSO officer at the Olivye palace complex in Crimea.

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