Why North Korea would want to go to war for Russia

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In a photo taken on September 6, 2017, Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers attend a mass celebration in Pyongyang for scientists involved in carrying out a large nuclear missile test.
Thousands of North Korean soldiers look to be joining Russia's fight against Ukraine at a critical time on the battlefield.

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US-made Abrams and Bradleys built for a Cold War battle with the Soviets are fighting inside Russia, Ukrainian military video shows

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A Bradley fighting vehicle in service with the Ukrainian military assaults Russian positions in the Kursk region.
A Bradley fighting vehicle in service with the Ukrainian military assaults Russian positions in the Kursk region.

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The Abrams tank built to fight the Soviets appears to be at war on Russian soil

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An M1 Abrams tank firing its cannon.
An M1 Abrams tank firing its cannon.

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Really putting Ukraine's Abrams and F-16s to work fighting Russia means most probably won't survive, but that's the kind of war this is

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Three people stand beside an F-16 on a runway in front of trees and half under some material
An F-16 after it first arrived in Ukraine in August 2024.

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Putin's expanded BRICS summit proves he has friends — but risks buckling under its own contradictions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin clapping his hands.
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow on Friday.

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2 of the world's biggest oil producers are looking for new ways to power their economies

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talking. Entourage in background.
Russia and Saudi Arabia are rethinking their economies.

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Ukraine is making a new drone called Sting that flies faster than 100 mph to kill Russia's Iranian Shahed drones: report

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A Shahed-136 drone flies in the sky.
Shahed-136 drones are designed by Iran, but Russia has been domestically producing them under a weapons deal with Tehran.

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US offers $10 million for intel on Russian military media outlet Rybar amid election interference allegations

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Rybar has more than 1.3 million Telegram subscribers.

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The West is trying to starve the wrong part of Russia's war machine, defense experts say

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Russian artillery fires at Ukrainian positions in the Artemovsk direction in late March.
Defense experts argue the West should sanction key materials and components needed for Russian artillery.

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Putin says Zelenskyy's nuclear comments were a 'dangerous act of provocation' at meeting with BRICS group journalists

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The Kremlin warned Ukraine against the possibility of developing nuclear weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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