Russia wants to replenish its troops by recruiting 400,000 new contract soldiers starting April: reports

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Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading
Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" in Saint Petersburg on September 29, 2022.

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Russia's Wagner army is recruiting fighters on Pornhub in a desperate attempt to strengthen troops, report says

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A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of PMC Wagner Centre, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on November 4, 2022.

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Fighter jets are 'worthless' over Ukraine, and it's a sign of what US pilots and troops may face in future battles

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A Ukrainian Su-25 close air support jet flies low over the Donetsk region in June 2022.

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Moscow was likely trying to send a message by harassing a US drone, but officials say the Russian pilot ran into it because they're bad at flying

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A Russian Su-27 fighter jet approaches a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone operating above the Black Sea on March 14, 2023.
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet approaches a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone operating above the Black Sea on March 14, 2023.

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Video appears to show Russian Wagner troops shooting their own comrade, shoving each other into enemy fire in chaotic trench battle

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Russian soldiers in the video of the trench fight in Bakhmut.
Soldiers in the video of the trench fight in Bakhmut, identified by Ukrainians

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US releases video it says shows Russian fighter jet taking down Reaper drone over the Black Sea in a 'reckless' intercept

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Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepting a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea in footage released by the US military.
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet seen approaching a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023, in video released by the US military.

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Ron DeSantis was invited to Ukraine to gain a 'deeper understanding' of the war after the Florida governor called Russia's full-scale invasion a 'territorial dispute'

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Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis gives a speech to those in attendance after taking the oath of office at his second term inauguration in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. January 3, 2023.

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The 8-year-old daughter of a Vladimir Putin ally is listed as the owner of a multimillion-dollar apartment in one of London's most exclusive areas

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Vladimir Gruzdev and the building in which his daughter is listed as the owner of an apartment.

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A Russian trainspotter who became obsessed with taking photographs of Putin's 'ghost train' now lives in exile: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a cabin of a train in Kerch, Crimea, on December 23, 2019.

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Russian jets crashed a US drone, and now Moscow wants to fish the busted aircraft out of the sea

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An MQ-9 Reaper
An MQ-9 Reaper

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens

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