A decade of quiet preparations helped Ukraine turn the tables on Russia's bigger, better-armed military, experts say

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Ukrainian troops carry rocket-propelled grenades and sniper rifles toward the city of Irpin in March 2022.

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Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Putin believes it's his 'destiny' to 'recreate the Russian Empire'

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorses retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly during the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Kelly's confirmation to be Secretary of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on January 10, 2017.

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Russia was making big plans for Ukraine's nuclear power plants before its invasion fell apart

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Russian military vehicles at the gates of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in May 2022.

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How Russia is molding the minds of schoolkids to support its brutal invasion of Ukraine

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A Russian propaganda lesson featuring students dancing with Russian flags.
A screengrab circulated by Russia's Ministry of Education, showing Ukrainians in the occupied Donetsk region dancing and singing the Russian national anthem and waving the Russian flag.

Russian Ministry of Education

Russia faces new sanctions on its energy exports - but this time China and India may not come to Putin's rescue

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Ukraine says Russia's putting inflatable tanks on the battlefield — but the decoys deflated

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A Russian T-90M Proryv main battle tank destroyed by Ukrainian forces near the village of Staryi Saltiv in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, May 9, 2022.

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Ukraine's battlefield success surprised Russia, but US troops who trained Ukrainians saw it coming, National Guard chief says

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A Ukrainian noncommissioned officer leads a US-Ukrainian NCO professional development class at a training center in Ukraine in October 2017.

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Russian military chiefs are losing patience with Putin and could soon turn on him in a coup, former aide predicts

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) looks on Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) during a military parade in Pskov, Russia, on March,1, 2020.

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Ukrainian agent accused of spying for Putin was found with stacks of foreign cash and Russian SIM cards, officials say

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A photo of items seized from the lieutenant colonel's home include knives, a knuckle duster, and stacks of foreign cash.
A photo of items seized from the lieutenant colonel's home include knives, a knuckle duster, and stacks of foreign cash.

Security Service of Ukraine

Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money

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Charles F. McGonigal, who held one of the FBI's most sensitive positions, now faces criminal charges for his alleged ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch.

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