7 revealing moments from Putin's marathon end-of-year event

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Vladimir Putin holds his annual press conference in December 2024.

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Russia may deploy warships to escort its shadow fleet of oil tankers, Denmark warns

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President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine is straining his country's economy.

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NATO air policing missions around Estonia see F-35 and Rafale jets intercept multiple Russian aircraft

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An image released by the Dutch defense ministry of an F35 and a Russian aircraft.
An image released by the Dutch defense ministry of an F35 and a Russian aircraft.

Dutch Ministry of Defense

Russia is sending 4 ships to its bases in Syria to evacuate weapons, Ukraine intelligence says

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The Russian vessels remained missing from Tartus as of December 10.
The Russian vessels remained missing from Tartus as of December 10.

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Ukraine is trying to convince North Korean soldiers to surrender rather than fight alongside Russia

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North Korean soldiers waving their national flags as they welcome Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov after he landed at the airport in Pyongyang.
South Korea's UN ambassador said that North Korea "has become the most visible, ardent, and committed supporter of Russia's aggression in Europe."

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Here's what we're seeing Russia's warships and aircraft doing in new satellite images of Syria amid regime change

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Russian aircraft are spotted at the Khmeimim airbase on Monday.
Russian aircraft are seen at the Khmeimim airbase on Monday.

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China is limiting the sale of key components used to build Ukraine's drones: report

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Workers build drones at a Chinese factory.
China appears to be curbing the sale of crucial drone components to the West amid an escalating trade dispute with the US.

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Syrians celebrate around the world, world readers react, as rebels topple Assad

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Syrians wave flags on the street in Berlin.
Syrians in Berlin celebrate news that rebels had toppled Syrian leader Bashar Assad.

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Fighting in Ukraine is giving rise to a new kind of drone warfare: hit-to-kill intercepts

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This still image captures a Ukrainian FPV drone right before it strikes a Russian Lancet drone.
 

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New election ordered in Ukraine's neighbor following claims that Russia aided far-right presidential candidate

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Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on December 5, 2024.
Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on Thursday.

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