Ukraine's strikes on Crimean air defenses could end its role as a Russian military staging ground: experts

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A detonation of ammunition caused by a fire at a military training field in the Kirovsky district of Crimea on July 19, 2023.

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Russian ally ditching Putin's rival to NATO damages the image Putin wants to project of himself, experts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands facing the camera wearing suits in front of gilded arm chairs, gold table, and their countries' flags
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow, Russia, in May 2024.

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Biden says that the US will back Ukraine for a decade. It may prove a hollow promise.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on June 13, 2024, in Savelletri, Italy.

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A new plane Ukraine is getting will amplify its F-16s and eat into Russia's advantage in the air, experts say

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Russia adopts Chinese yuan-to-ruble as benchmark exchange rate after US sanctions force a further move away from the dollar

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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Russia says the US doesn't have any reason to worry about the nuclear submarine and the massive warship its navy has cruising off the coast of Cuba

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People look at the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arriving at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024.
People look at the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arriving at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024.

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A US attack submarine and one of Russia's most formidable subs are in Cuba at the same time

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The USS Helena in Greece.
The USS Helena in Greece.

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A Russian warship that just sailed into Cuba can carry Putin's new prized hypersonic missiles

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People look at the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arriving at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024.
People look at the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arriving at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024.

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Ukraine's big strike on Crimea shows how its older missiles can take out Russia's most advanced air defenses

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A Russian S-400 missile air defence systems passes through Red Square with a figure wearing military dress in the foreground with their back to the camera
Russian S-400 missile air-defense systems in Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day parade in Moscow in May 2022.

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A weird legacy of the Falklands War could get Ukraine 5 fighter jets: report

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A Super Etendard fighter jet landing on France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf
A Super Etendard fighter jet landing on France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf on January 12, 2016.

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