North Korea has a powerful arsenal of weapons and ammo that Russia desperately wants as it eats through its own stockpile battling Ukraine

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Artillery pieces are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Artillery pieces are seen being fired during a military drill at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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A new improvised anti-drone protection system appears at Russian military airfield

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A soldier monitors the runway as a Tu-95 bomber aircraft takes off for a night patrol out of Engels-2 airbase on August 7, 2008 in Engels, Russia
A soldier monitors a runway the Engels-2 airbase as a Tu-95 bomber takes off in August 2008.

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Russia is getting hundreds of volunteers to protect its vulnerable planes from attacks, likely because it lacks enough trained security teams, intel says

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Russian Ilyushin Il-76 planes fly over the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow on May 7, 2021, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade
Russian Ilyushin Il-76 planes fly over the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow on May 7, 2021, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade

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Zelenskyy admitted that Ukraine 'waited too long' to begin its counteroffensive, giving Russia plenty of time to riddle the land with mines

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.

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Ukraine hit Russia with one of its own prized tactics — turning an old, captured tank into a giant rolling bomb

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A Ukrainian T-62 tank fires during a military tactical exercise at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine
A Ukrainian T-62 tank fires during a military tactical exercise at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in August 2016.

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Ukraine is making fake artillery from sewer pipes, hoping to trick Russia into firing expensive drones and missiles at them

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Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a US-supplied M777 howitzer
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions using a US-supplied M777 howitzer in Kherson region, Ukraine, in January 2023.

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Russian soldiers have to buy their own radios and phones in battle, but the systems are incompatible and proving useless: reports

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A Russian military radio is displayed during an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment and tactical gear on June 15, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Russians opened fire on a Ukrainian flag tied to balloons, revealing their position for a counterattack, Ukraine says

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Ukraine's military releases balloons carrying the national flag into the sky in Avdiyivka, eastern Ukraine, on September 9, 2023

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Ukraine is stepping up its drone war against Russia, and now it's Moscow turn to reassemble decades-old air-defense weapons

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Investigators examine a damaged skyscraper in Moscow's business district after a reported drone attack on July 30.

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The former Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death" who the US exchanged for Brittney Griner is back in Russia and now learning to use a smartphone

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Viktor Bout pictured walking.
Viktor Bout pictured in April, just four months after the US released him from prison in exchange for Britney Griner.

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