Ukrainian troops blew up their own building to trap Russian forces after they blasted their way inside with a tank, commander says

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Ukrainian service members near Bakhmut on March 24, 2023.

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Russia accused of beheading Ukrainian soldier: 'How easily these beasts kill,' Zelenskyy says

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.

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Video shows a Russian YouTuber striking himself in the face with a Western anti-tank weapon after holding it the wrong way

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A US Army soldier fires an AT4 anti-armor weapon during an exercise at the Vaziani Training Area in Georgia in 2019. This picture is not related to the story.

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Russia risks becoming an 'economic colony of China' following its invasion of Ukraine, says CIA director

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

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Russia is set to pass a measure that bans people who have been drafted to the military from leaving the country

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A session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on April 7, 2022.

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NATO's newest member means Russia's 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' will be even more isolated

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Russian warships at anchor before a Navy Day parade in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region in July 2022.

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Russian jamming may have hamstrung a US-made bomb kit being used in Ukraine, leaked documents say

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Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight build Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 22, 2020.
Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight build Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 22, 2020.

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Russia's biggest airline reportedly sends first plane to Iran for repairs as sanctions cut off access to new replacement parts

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Russia's biggest airline, Aeroflot, has reportedly sent one plane to Iran for maintenance by technicians at Mahan Air.

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What's in the leaked Pentagon documents that could hurt Ukraine and has US officials panicking

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Gen. Mark Milley speaking during a press conference.
Gen. Mark Milley speaks at a Pentagon press conference in March.

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One of Russia's few remaining allies asked Moscow for guarantees that it would defend his country if it was attacked

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 9, 2021.

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