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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, reaches past US President Joe Biden to shake hands with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda as they stand with other NATO members, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (r) alongside US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, at the NATO Summit in

An Austrian former minister who controversially danced with Putin at her wedding flew to Russia with her ponies on a military plane, says report

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Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and Russian President Vladimir Putin dance during her wedding on August 18, 2018 in Gamlitz, Styria, Austria.
Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and Russian President Vladimir Putin dance during her wedding on August 18, 2018 in Gamlitz, Styria, Austria.

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The US is boosting production for artillery crucial to Ukraine's forces as it struggles to keep up with Russia's war machine

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Ukrainian military fire a M777 howitzer on the Bakhmut direction on May 17, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a M777 howitzer near Bakhmut on May 17, 2023.

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Ukraine's air force has gotten good at fighting on the run, and Russia's military can't catch up, top US general says

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Ukraine Air Force MiG-29
Ukrainian Air Force technicians with an MiG-29 at an air base near Kyiv in November 2016.

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Ex-Russian general warns 'lies' may obscure the battlefield realities of how Ukraine's troops are gaining ground

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A 155-mm M109 self-propelled howitzer fires onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on August 17, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A 155-mm M109 self-propelled howitzer fires onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on August 17, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine alleges that Russian forces accidentally bombed their own occupied territory when an air strike went wrong and hit an apartment complex

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Damage seen after the bombing in the Russian-occupied city of Nova Kakhovka.
Damage seen after the bombing in the Russian-occupied city of Nova Kakhovka.

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Ukrainian partisans say a double agent in the Russian military helped them plan the devastating attack at a shipyard in Crimea

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Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile attack in Sevastopol
Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, in this still image from video taken September 13, 2023.

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Ukrainian soldier says US-made Bradley fighting vehicles are 'priceless' in nighttime assaults, offering visibility better than in daylight

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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanised Brigade drives a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at a position near a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region on June 26, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanized Brigade drives a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle at a position near a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region on June 26, 2023.

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Former Wagner fighters are having to find new careers. One started a 'Wagner Taxi' company using the group's logo.

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A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Center in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022.

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Ukraine's army keeps outsmarting Russia on the battlefield, with cunning ruses and opportunistic attacks

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A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022.

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