Putin tells Russia 'everything will be fine' amid the nation's military and economic struggles

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In an address in December, Putin acknowledged the country's inflation struggles.

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The battle of Irpin narrowly saved Ukraine. Here's how it went down.

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Ukraine blew a dam and bridges across the Irpin River to hinder Russia's advance in the war's earliest days.
Ukraine blew a dam and bridges across the Irpin River to hinder Russia's advance in the war's earliest days.

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He moderated r/Ukraine, shaping how the world sees the war. Now he has to fight in it.

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A conscript enters a recruiting center in Lviv, Ukraine.
A conscript enters a recruiting center in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Russia's war in Ukraine has sent wages soaring as workers grow scarce and private business competes with the military

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Russia is suffering from a record 2.3 million worker shortage.

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How 3 Ukrainian airlines are still flying despite the ban on civilian flights due to war

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Ukrainian airlines on the tarmac at Kyiv airport.
There are 18 Ukrainian-registered planes still flying despite the war with Russia, but none are flown by the nation's flag carrier.

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Russia's worker shortage is so bad the economy is leaning on the Soviet-era practice of using prison labor, think tank says

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Security worker walks by the gate of a penal colony in Vladimir, Russia.

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Russia's economy is headed for stagnation as the path of monetary policy is being chosen 'very poorly,' economists say

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Vladimir Putin says that inflation in Russia is making it 'practically impossible' for businesses to plan

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