Russia's army has learned to plug its frontline defenses in Ukraine with convicts, marines, and special-ops troops

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Russians called up as part of the partial mobilization go through military training in Rostov in October 2022.

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Ukraine unveils military uniforms for women after complaints that ill-fitting men's clothes hindered them on the frontline

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The new uniform.

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Russian families sold on Putin's promise of affordable, seaside living are selling their homes and hunting for cheaper properties in occupied Ukraine

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A woman digs ground as damaged buildings are being demolished by heavy duty machine as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Mariupol's Russian controlled territory, Ukraine on March 16, 2023.

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Ukrainian drone carrying 450 kg of TNT slams into Russian oil tanker day after Russian warship was attacked

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Russian-flagged SIG tanker transits Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Ukrainian snipers say they don't care for big leafy ghillie suits, but they're fans of these Western rifles

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Ukrainian snipers attend shooting training near the frontline amid Russia-Ukraine war in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on February 18, 2023
Ukrainian snipers attend shooting training near the front line amid Russia-Ukraine war in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on February 18, 2023.

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Ukraine claims it broke through part of Russia's fearsome defensive line in its counterattack. The next layer is even worse.

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Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a trench on the frontline near as Russia-Ukraine war continues in New York, Donbas region, Ukraine, on July 28, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier navigates trench near the frontlines in Ukraine's contested Donbas region on July 28, 2023.

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Russia's planting mines everywhere, even cruelly hiding explosives in everyday items like fridges, toys, and children's books, Ukrainian military engineers say

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Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.
Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.

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Defiant Ukrainian TV star poses for Playboy in an armored bikini after being shot and losing an eye in the war

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Iryna Bilotserkovets on the cover of Playboy Ukraine in an armored bikini and eye patch.
Iryna Bilotserkovets on the cover of Playboy Ukraine in an armored bikini and eye patch.

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Russia prepared for Ukraine war with university blood drives and by having surgeons practice on large animals — but they may not have been ready for the extent of the casualties

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Russian servicemen patrol the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

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Putin is likely counting on Trump or another Republican to win the 2024 election in hopes that the US will cut support to Ukraine, officials say

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Former President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in Danang on November 11, 2017.

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