A Russian claiming to hold secrets about advanced bomber jets turned up at the US southern border seeking asylum: report

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n this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, A Tu-160 strategic bomber of the Russian air force is seen on patrol flight.
A photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on January 17, 2023, showing a TU-160 strategic bomber.

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Russia's tanks may face 'disadvantageous conditions' in a battle with US-made Abrams tanks, Russian expert says

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Destroyed Russian tank near Izyum in Ukraine
A destroyed Russian tank near Izyum in eastern Ukraine in October 2022.

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Wagner Group's turn from prison recruitment could be effort to tap soldiers who might balk at 'serving with rapists and murderers,' historian says

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A group of people in military camouflage pose in front of the PMC Wagner Center.
Visitors wearing military camouflage pose at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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Satellite photos show carnage in Vuhledar where Russian losses are mounting amid Ukrainian defense

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Artillery impact craters in fields southwest of Pavlivka, Ukraine on Feb. 12, 2022.
Artillery impact craters in fields southwest of Pavlivka, Ukraine on Feb. 12, 2022.

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European militaries are emptying their arsenals to send heavy-duty howitzers to Ukraine

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French Caesar self-propelled howitzer
A French Caesar self-propelled howitzer fires into the Middle Euphrates River Valley in December 2018.

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White House mocks Putin's mismanagement of the war in Ukraine, saying he changes generals like 'socks'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian military's General Staff, September 13, 2021.

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Wagner Group employs 'Trumpian tactics' in bizarre video that appears aimed at recruiting US veterans to fight for Russia, historian says

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Men dressed in Russian military fatigues stand in front of a door with a giant W in front of it.
Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin.

AP Photo, File

A Russian prisoner-turned-soldier says he was brought to the front line without training and told to charge 'as far as we could go' into Ukrainian gunfire

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Ukrainian soldiers fire anti-tank missile system of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Army on the frontline, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 10, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire anti-tank missile system of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Army on the frontline, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 10, 2023.

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NATO chief warns Ukraine is using an 'enormous' amount of munitions and firing them faster than alliance partners can make them

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Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023.

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China is ramping up Russian oil imports and Beijing could greenlight even more volumes

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