Russia 'really did not accomplish that much' despite delays in US aid for Ukraine, says US defense official

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Ukrainian Infantrymen training with a T-80 tank in Donetsk Oblast.
"Russia continues to attempt to take ground, but the Ukrainians have done a good job of holding the line," Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Tuesday.

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Invading Ukraine is making Russia rich

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Since launching its war on Ukraine, Russia has seen a boost in its GDP large enough that the World Bank reclassified Russia from an upper-middle-income to a high-income country.

China can end the Ukraine war with a single phone call to Putin, says NATO member

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right).
Finland President Alexander Stubb told Bloomberg on Tuesday that Russia's dependence on China meant that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could end the Ukraine war if he wanted to.

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Russian children head to a North Korean summer camp as the countries strengthen ties

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Russia is planning to send youth to a summer camp in North Korea.

Russia's new 3.3-ton glide bomb escalates the destructive potential of its airstrike campaign against Ukraine

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A glide bomb in the air.
A Russian FAB-500 with a precision guidance kit is mounted on a Su-34.

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Russian glide bombs' faulty guidance systems may have led to dozens being dropped on its own territory, experts say

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In this photo taken from an undated video released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows a glide-guided bomb being released by a Russian air force jet at an undisclosed location.
An undated video released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows a glide bomb being released over an undisclosed location.

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Russia's navy sought a safer spot, but is still at the mercy of Ukraine's drones and missiles, experts say

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A warship is seen docked in the port of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi during a storm
A warship docked in the port of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi during a storm on November 27, 2023.

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Putin says Russia plans to 'comprehensively upgrade' its navy

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the naval upgrades would "drastically improve its combat potential."

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4 NATO countries are calling for a defense line along Europe's 700-mile border with Russia and Belarus

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Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia
Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia on June 18, 2024.

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Russian saboteurs burned down a Berlin factory to hit weapons supplies to Ukraine. Just one problem — the facility made car parts.

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View of a building partially destroyed in a fire on the premises of Diehl Metal's factory in Berlin-Lichterfelde.
View of a building partially destroyed in a fire on the premises of Diehl Metal's factory in Berlin-Lichterfelde.

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