China's attendance at Saudi peace talks is 'bad news' for Putin — but Xi Jinping is still 'well served' by his friendship with Russia, expert says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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A busted Russian warship may not have seen an exploding Ukrainian drone boat coming, hinting at problems that have plagued Russia throughout its war

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Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Russian Navy's landing vessel Ropucha-class Olenegorsky Gornyak 012 cross the Bosphorus strait en route to the Black Sea on February 09, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Exclusive: A veteran FBI agent told Congress that investigations into Giuliani and other Trump allies were 'suppressed'

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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington, DC.

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Ukraine doesn't have much of a navy, but it's found a way to hunt down the 'weakest links' in Russia's critical sea supply lanes, UK intel says

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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Video captures mushroom cloud towering over a town near Moscow after a massive explosion rocked a Russian factory

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A screen grab from a CCTV footage shows broken windows and a person walking in a residential area, with smoke billowing in the background, following a blast at a factory in Sergiev Posad, Russia, August 9, 2023.
A screen grab from a CCTV footage shows broken windows and a person walking in a residential area, with smoke billowing in the background, following a blast at a factory in Sergiev Posad, Russia, August 9, 2023.

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Video footage shows the moment of a massive explosion at a factory near Moscow

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A blast shook the Russian town of Sergiev Posad on Wednesday, injuring at least 45 people, according to local authorities.

The West is slow-rolling the process of giving Ukraine F-16s because it is scared of antagonizing Putin, former NATO commander says

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An F-16. Ukraine says these fighter jets are crucial for its counteroffensive against Russia to succeed.

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A rift is growing between Xi and Putin after Russia mocked a Ukraine peace plan backed by China

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's leader Xi Jinping deliver a joint statement following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow in March.

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An arms dealer says he sold 49 secondhand Leopard 1 tanks to an undisclosed EU country to send to Ukraine

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Two Ukrainian soldiers inspecting the gun barrel of a Leopard 1 A5 tank that is parked in a field while another Ukrainian soldier is standing on the top of the tank.
Ukrainian soldiers work on the gun of a Leopard 1 A5 tank at a Bundeswehr site in Klietz, Germany on May 5, 2023.

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Russia accuses Ukraine of orchestrating a phone scam scheme to trick elderly Russians into setting military recruitment offices on fire amid string of arson attacks

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Russian conscripts at a local recruitment office, St. Petersburg, on May 20, 2020.
Russian conscripts at a local recruitment office, St. Petersburg, on May 20, 2020.

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