Russia has been hiring 20,000 Cuban mercenaries to fight against Ukraine, Kyiv's military intelligence says

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People with Russian flags look at the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arriving in Havana in 2024.
People with Russian flags look at the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arriving in Havana in 2024.

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Russia's jet-powered Shaheds are a looming new threat, but Ukraine says it already has drones that can counter them

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Remain of Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2023.
Some European countries want to shoot down Russian drones like the Shahed drone pictured in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2023.

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NATO's style of destroying Russian drones in Poland was 'not the way' to effectively defend its skies, Zelenskyy says

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Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine.
Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine on Wednesday.

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Ukraine's new interceptor drones destroyed 150 of Russia's long-range UAVs in a single night, Zelenskyy says

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This view shows an interceptor FPV-drone during its flight, in an undisclosed location in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukraine is rushing to build new interceptor drones at scale to counter Russia's growing Shahed waves.

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Russia's maker of T-series tanks is using hundreds of Western and foreign equipment pieces: Ukrainian intelligence

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Russian T-90M tanks travel through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
Russia's tanks, such as the T-90Ms pictured here, are manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, which Ukraine says uses 260 pieces of Western and foreign-made equipment to make the armored platforms.

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Ukrainian analyst says Chinese footage of Shenzhen city was found inside a Russian decoy version of the Shahed

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A Ukrainian official looks at the wreckage of a Gerbera drone, designed as a decoy for the Russian Shahed, in a grass field.
A Ukrainian official looks at the wreckage of a Gerbera drone, designed as a decoy for the Russian Shahed. Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said he had uploaded several clips retrieved from a camera on a Gerbera.

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Ukraine had to recall 100,000 artillery shells amid complaints they'd get stuck in launchers and weren't exploding

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A Ukrainian 120mm mortar crew is seen launching rounds in Chasiv Yar in April 2024.
Ukraine is recalling 100,000 mortar shells after reports that they were arriving at the front line poorly manufactured and with wet gunpowder.

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One of Russia's biggest automakers said it's struggling under Western sanctions after frontline complaints that its vehicles are falling apart

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Russian troops salute in UAZ cars during a parade in St. Petersburg in 2022.
UAZ produces both commercial and military cars regularly used by the Russian military, but has been criticized by Dmitry Rogozin for its quality in recent months.

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Russia rolled out a Soviet howitzer from the 1940s that Moscow technically shouldn't have in the first place

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A close-up shot of a D-74 firing from an entrenched position, with the logo of Russia's defense ministry in the top-right corner.
Russia published a video of a D-74 artillery system last week, a gun that it's thought to have received from North Korea.

Russian Ministry of Defense

Russia's drive in one battlefront has cost it a staggering 1,800 combat vehicles

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Russia's offensive in the Poprovsk region has come at a cost of over 1,800 combat vehicles.

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