Putin and Kim Jong Un are getting alarmingly close, and it's put US ally South Korea in a predicament

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, standing left, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, standing right.

The West is finally giving Ukraine a shot at 'cutting the head off the snake' rather than making it wait for Russia to strike

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Ukrainian soldiers watch a rocket fire from a HIMARS launcher on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers watch a rocket fire from a HIMARS launcher in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Ukraine is forming new army brigades but is unable to supply them all, military experts say

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Infantrymen training with a T-80 tank in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Infantrymen training with a T-80 tank in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 2, 2024.

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Russia 'really did not accomplish that much' despite delays in US aid for Ukraine, says US defense official

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Ukrainian Infantrymen training with a T-80 tank in Donetsk Oblast.
"Russia continues to attempt to take ground, but the Ukrainians have done a good job of holding the line," Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Tuesday.

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Invading Ukraine is making Russia rich

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Since launching its war on Ukraine, Russia has seen a boost in its GDP large enough that the World Bank reclassified Russia from an upper-middle-income to a high-income country.

Ukraine is killing Russian missiles with hand-me-down air defense weapons the US retired decades ago

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Soldiers looking at large missiles.
US Army soldiers inspect MIM-23B Hawk surface-to-air missiles in 1977.

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Russia's frenemy China is quietly trying to dampen Putin's influence

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Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, Shaanxi province in May, 2023.

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China can end the Ukraine war with a single phone call to Putin, says NATO member

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right).
Finland President Alexander Stubb told Bloomberg on Tuesday that Russia's dependence on China meant that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could end the Ukraine war if he wanted to.

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Russian children head to a North Korean summer camp as the countries strengthen ties

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Russia is planning to send youth to a summer camp in North Korea.

Russia missed probably its best opportunity to steamroll Ukraine, war analyst argues

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In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on April 15, 2024, Russian soldiers participate in a military exercise somewhere in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian soldiers participate in a military exercise somewhere in Russian-controlled Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.

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