Huge purchases of tanks and helicopters suggest Poland is borrowing a battlefield idea from the US Army

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Poland Mariusz Blaszczak Abrams tank
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at a ceremony for the delivery of 14 US-made Abrams tanks in Szczecin on June 28.

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Russia and Ukraine are filling the sky with drones. There are so many buzzing around over eastern Ukraine, they're actually crashing into one another: report

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Two Ukrainian soldiers look up at a drone.
Ukrainian soldiers fly a drone during a military training session in Donetsk, Ukraine on August 17, 2023.

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Putin and Kim Jong Un have been trading letters as secret talks on getting North Korean weapons into Russia's hands are 'actively advancing,' White House says

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) presents a sword to Russia's President Vladimir Putin following their talks in Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) presents a sword to Russia's President Vladimir Putin following their talks in Vladivostok, Russia April 25, 2019.

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The ruble is failing — and now more Russians are cutting back on buying basic goods like food and toothpaste as prices jump

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Armenia in November 2022.

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The Kremlin is trying to stop any under-50s running against Putin for president to avoid drawing attention to his age, report says

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Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone in his office in Saint Petersburg on December 15, 2018.

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Ukrainian advisor says Prigozhin's death in a plane crash is a warning that there's no negotiating with Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in a chair, glaring
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in July 2023.

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Top Ukrainian advisor warns the war is coming to Russia and 'cannot be stopped' as drones destroy Russian aircraft

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Ukrainian soldiers build home-made drones, as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 16, 2023
Ukrainian soldiers build home-made drones, as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine says its soldiers took out a Russian helicopter with artillery fire

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A composite image comprised from stills of a video shared by Ukraine's Ministry of Defense on August 29, 2023. Left, aerial footage is marked to indicate two russian helicopters in a field. Right, a howitzer gun is seen.
Left: Footage from the claimed strike in February 2023, marked up by Ukraine MOD in August 2023. Right: a howitzer gun barrel.

Ukraine Ministry of Defense

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are going AWOL and refusing to fight as morale plummets, UK intelligence says

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Russian military conscription soldiers troops Grozny Chechnya
Conscripts at a Russian military conscription office in Grozny, Chechnya on November 17, 2014.

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Russian planes keep getting blown up in airfields hundreds of miles from the fighting, exposing embarrassing gaps in its defenses

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A still from a video shared by Ukraine's defense ministry of attacks on Crimea in August.
A still from a video shared by Ukraine's defense ministry of attacks on Crimea in August. Evidence shows multiple Russian aircraft were damaged.

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