Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses

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Kh 47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic
MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor equipped with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile underneath it.

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Russia is recruiting 30,000 new soldiers a month, enough to replace the ones thrown into the meat grinder in Ukraine, war analysts say

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Russia conscript soldiers lined up for military training.
Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Vladimir Putin is scrambling to contain soaring egg prices as Russia grapples with a Soviet-style economic headache

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Vladimir Putin looking at meat on display at a supermarket in Moscow in June 2009.
Vladimir Putin looks at meat on display in a Moscow supermarket in June 2009.

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Trade between China and Russia ballooned to a record $240 billion last year

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a reception in Moscow
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a reception in Moscow.

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Russia's use of North Korean missiles in Ukraine will help the US figure out how effective they really are

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Fragments of what may be non-Russian missiles
Fragments of what may be North Korean missiles in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Western companies have exited Russia in droves. New companies with owners from China and former Soviet republics are stepping in.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Nearly half of Russia's imported battlefield tech has been coming from US and EU companies: joint report

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets staff at a weapons manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets staff at a weapons manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg.

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The GOP blocked more US aid to Ukraine weeks after Republicans blasted Biden for not doing enough to help the country

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Joe Biden

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Ukraine can't keep up its recent drone kill streak against Russia's navy, senior commander says

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Russian Black Sea fleet
Russian warships taking part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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North Korea is using Ukraine as a test site for its nuclear-capable missiles, South Korea says

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A TV showing North Korea's firing of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
A TV showing North Korea's firing of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on December 19, 2023.

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