Russia's military is about to experience a 'renaissance of infantry combat,' milblogger says

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A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.

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Russian troops describe grueling conditions on the front line where they are 'wet from head to toe' and can't even boil a cup of tea, UK intel says

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Ukrainian soldiers in a trench under Russian shelling on the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers in a muddy trench in March show the difficult conditions both sides could face as winter arrives.

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Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.

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Russian troops during a military drill near the Chechen border on March 19, 2015.

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Ukraine says it took out almost 50 Russian tanks in one day as Russia made failed attempt to capture eastern city

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A Ukrainian tank opens fire on targets to support infantry units on the frontlines amid the Russia-Ukraine war in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 17, 2023.
A Ukrainian tank opens fire on targets to support infantry units on the frontlines amid the Russia-Ukraine war in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 17, 2023.

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Russia's Lancet drone is its most effective weapon in Ukraine, and it's only getting deadlier

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An image of what appears to be a Lancet drone in Ukraine in January.

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Russian failures in Ukraine are forcing Moscow to give up on one of the biggest Putin-era military reforms

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President Vladimir Putin with military leaders at the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg in July.

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Inflatable tanks are being used on battlefields in Ukraine. How hard is it to tell the difference?

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A soldier squats next to an inflatable tank set up next to a real US Military tank for comparison.
An inflatable tank designed by the British next to a United States Army medium tank, Mark IV.

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Injured Russian soldiers are being sent back to the front line without being treated amid manpower and ammunition shortages, report says

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Members of the SPG-9 anti tank recoilless gun crew fire the gun onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on August 14, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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A Russian reserve army of 15,000 soldiers is pinned down near Bakhmut and will be destroyed, says Ukraine's spy chief

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Ukrainian T64 tanks move towards Bakhmut direction, in Donetsk Oblast region, on March 20, 2023.

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Ukraine has 'completely defeated' a Russian naval infantry brigade of the Black Sea Fleet — for a second time, says think tank

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 15, 2023.

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