Many supposedly 'neutral' Russian Olympic athletes have cheered on the invasion of Ukraine, rights group says

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A group of Russian athletes holding the flag of the
In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Russians competed as the "Russian Olympic Committee," pictured above. Now they have to be neutrals.

Jae C. Hong/AP Photo.

The 'humiliating' retreat of Russia's fleet from Crimea proves its threats don't mean anything, expert says

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Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva sailed back into a harbor in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea
Russian Navy's guided missile cruiser Moskva sailed back into a harbor in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2021.

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The Chinese yuan has helped fund Russia's trade and war machine — but those days may be numbered

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Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Ukraine's heavily armored Abrams tanks have jammers to keep drones away, but they need more protection, commander says

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A Ukrainian soldier on a US-provided M1A1 Abrams tank at an undisclosed location.
A Ukrainian soldier with a US-provided M1A1 Abrams tank at an undisclosed location.

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Long-range strike weapons plans for Europe risk bringing back one of the most dangerous aspects of the Cold War, arms control experts say

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An Army Tactical Missile System is fired into the sky from the barren ground in Australia.
US soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson

Trump's new running mate, JD Vance, is stirring new fears the US could abandon Ukraine if they win the election

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Sen. JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, blamed the housing affordability crisis largely on high interest rates in an interview with Business Insider last year.

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Putin has ramped up air defenses at his palace to protect it from Ukrainian drones: report

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A composite image showing a Google Earth view of Lake Valdai, western Russia, with Putin's palace compound marked with an arrow. An inset image shows a zoomed-in view of what is reportedly a Pantsir-S1 air defense system located on an island nearby, with an arrow marking its location.
A Pantsir-S1 is marked about 3.3 miles from the Valdai Palace compound, as of July 2024.

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Vance wants the US military to focus on China over Russia. There's one big problem with that plan.

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Former president Donald Trump and his vice president pick, Sen. JD Vance, at the RNC conference in Milwaukee. Vance has suggested US military focus should be on China.

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Russia has lost at least 100 of the T-90M tanks Putin praised as the 'world's best' in Ukraine, tracker data shows

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A Ukrainian soldier scavenges one of three abandoned Russian T-90M tanks.
Ukrainian soldiers scavenge an abandoned Russian T-90 tank in Kyrylivka near Kharkiv.

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Russia bragged that it dropped a 3-ton bomb on Ukraine. A video shows its huge size.

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A composite image shows what Russia says is a FAB-3000 glide bomb being loaded onto a Su-34 aircraft and then the aircraft dropping the bomb against a blue sky
A composite image shows what Russia says is a FAB-3000 glide bomb being loaded onto a Su-34 aircraft and the aircraft dropping the bomb.

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