Ukraine is closer to having F-16s, but don't expect them to suddenly start 'taking down' Russia's formidable air defenses, top US general says

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Romanian Air Force F-16 jetfighters take part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members' sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023.
Romanian F-16s on a NATO Air Policing mission on July 4.

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A former Russian minister who fled to the US says he now makes the same working as a truck driver after the ruble crashed

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Truck driver
Denis Sharonov has crisscrossed 45 states as a truck driver.

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Ukraine was given 101 guns and 148,000 bullets collected by Miami police in a buyback scheme

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Ukraine was shipped a cache of 101 guns and 148,000 bullets confiscated by Miami police
Ukraine received a cache of 101 guns and 148,000 bullets confiscated by Miami police.

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Ukrainian soldiers reject criticism that their counteroffensive is too slow: 'You need to move slowly, but always'

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A Ukrainian serviceman walks in a trench at a position
A Ukrainian serviceman walks in a trench at a position near the frontline town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on May 30 2023

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Russian-backed general admits his troops 'cannot win' against Ukraine and suggests freezing the front line where it is

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Alexander Khodakovsky
Alexander Khodakovsky, chief of the pro-Russian Vostok Battalion of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic

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The Kremlin's top brass are trying to pass the buck over the ruble's collapse. This rare public infighting shows just how precarious Russia's wartime economy is.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina outside Moscow, Russia October 27, 2017.
The Kremlin's top brass are trying to pass the buck over the ruble's collapse. This rare public infighting shows just how precarious Russia's wartime economy is.

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Ukraine says it can shoot down Ka-52 attack helicopters but Russia needs to be stopped from making new ones

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Ukrainian serviceman looks at fragments of the Russian military Ka-52
Ukrainian serviceman looks at fragments of the Russian military Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter destroyed by the Ukrainian army during Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the Gostomel airfield near Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine's most controversial weapons aren't a 'silver bullet,' but they are giving Kyiv's forces what they desperately needed

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on March 17, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a M777 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on March 17, 2023.

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Russia's secretly trying to make its arsenal of exploding drones bigger and deadlier, leaked documents say

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Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Ukraine is figuring out how to destroy the Ka-52 helicopters and mobile artillery holding back its offensive, expert says

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Ukrainian servicemen fire with a tank towards Russian troops
A Ukrainian tank fires toward Russian troops near the front line in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 6, 2023.

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