North Korea to send thousands of troops to aid Russian forces in Ukraine war, South Korea's spy agency says

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Kim Jong Un has been an ally to Putin during Russia's war on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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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.

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Ukraine is eroding Russia's military advantage with strikes on its ammo depots

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A close-up view of Tikhoretsk on September 22
A satellite image of Tikhoretsk, the major Russian ammunition storage facility Ukraine attacked, on September 22.

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Russia's mass advantage against Ukraine should start declining by 2025, war expert says

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The impact of Ukraine's surprise Kursk battle and Russian efforts to counter it turn on the strained Russian railroad network.
Russia may not run out of weapons and men anytime soon, but it can't sustain its level of aggression for long, Michael Kofman said.

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Russia is set to lose over 1,000 troops a day through the winter as it fights a war on three fronts: UK MOD

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A woman and a child walk past a New Year decoration of a Kremlin Star bearing the letter Z, an insignia for Russian troops in Ukraine, in the winter.
Russia is set to lose 1,000 men per day in the winter as it pushes hard to take territory in Kursk, Kharkiv, and eastern Ukraine, according to UK military intelligence.

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Video shows Ukrainian 'dragon' drone appearing to destroy a Russian tank with 'molten thermite'

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Screenshot of footage depicting the fallout of dragon drones spraying Russian tanks with molten thermite.
Screenshot of footage showing a Ukrainian "dragon drone" attacking a Russian tank.

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Ukraine gives the US a sweet deal with one dead Russian soldier for every $20,000 spent on drones, unit commander says

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A Ukrainian soldier uses a headset to operate a drone.
Ukraine says it can produce 4 million drones yearly, as unmanned loitering munitions continually grow central to the war.

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NATO's new chief is inheriting messy wars and a possible second Trump presidency. It's not going to be easy, security analysts say.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2021.
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (R) will succeed Jens Stoltenberg (L) as NATO's Secretary General on October 1.

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NATO is planning for mass medical evacuations in case of a war with Russia: report

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Paramedics on a medical evacuation bus check on servicemen wounded in battles in the Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Paramedics checking on servicemen wounded in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

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