Ukraine targets more Russian oil refineries a day after reports said the US had warned them not to

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Plume of smoke in Lysychansk
A plume of smoke rising after Russian shells hit an oil refinery in Lysychansk in the Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, in May 2022.

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US Navy warships have the tools to fend off exploding drones like those wrecking a Russian fleet, but it's a dangerous and evolving threat

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In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 17, 2023.
In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug.

Ukraine's Patriot kills of Russian planes and missiles have turned a US air-defense weapon with a troubled past into a hero

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German soldiers prepare a Patriot missile launching system on snowy ground and against a grey sky
Members of the German Bundeswehr prepare a Patriot missile launching system in December 2012.

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New video appears to show Ukrainians using US-supplied M1117 Armored Vehicle for first time

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US-made M1117 appears to be driven by Ukrainian troops

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High maintenance 'prima donna' F-16 jets will be hard work for Ukraine, former US Marine pilot says

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An F-16 fighter jet.

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An MIT professor devised a 'Fortress Ukraine' plan in 1994 that proved remarkably right about the Russian invasion

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Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.
Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.

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Russia blew apart a neighborhood during a massive strike on Ukraine that included wildly inaccurate missiles built to sink aircraft carriers

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Rescuers are searching among the debris of houses destroyed by a massive missile strike by Russian troops in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024.
Rescuers are searching among the debris of houses destroyed by a massive missile strike by Russian troops in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024.

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Russian missiles that Patriots have beaten before are slipping through cracks in Ukraine's defenses

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A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a Kinzhal missile flies over Red Square during a rehearsal for a flypast, part of a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two in central Moscow on May 7, 2022.
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a Kinzhal missile flies over Red Square during a rehearsal for a flypast, part of a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in

Ukraine says it will hit Russia's precious oil refineries even if the US tells it not to

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Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychans'k in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 22, 2022, on the 88th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Smoke rises from an oil refinery after an attack outside the city of Lysychans'k in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 22, 2022, on the 88th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia seems to be using its Ukraine playbook to destabilize another European state, experts warn

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City view of Chisinau, Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova

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