A surge of Russian demand has made China the world's biggest car exporter

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A security guard stands watch over high-end cars in China.
One of Xi's public displays of cracking down on corruption included seizing more than 100 high-end cars used by officials.

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Saudi Arabia hosted a secret meeting meant to strengthen Ukraine's hand in peace talks: report

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy at an end-of-year press conference on December 19, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Ukrainian air attacks are chipping away at Russia's defenses in Crimea, leaving key occupied areas exposed, intel suggests

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In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.
In this image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine.

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Russian soldiers are stealing clothes, razors, and backpacks from each other: report

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks past destroyed Russian military vehicles in a forest outside Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 7, 2022.

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Ukraine is resorting to attacking Russia with small drones because it's running out of artillery ammunition

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Ukrainian military learn to fly drones with bombs attached at a special school on May 12, 2023 in Lviv region Ukraine.

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Ukrainian soldier describes his '1 in 1,000' escape from one of the most hellish battles of the war

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Two injured Ukrainian servicemen inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in eastern Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 10, 2022.

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A Russian plane accidentally dropped a bomb on Russia-occupied territory in Ukraine, an official said. It's the second such incident this month.

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A Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during the MAKS 2021 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, July 25, 2021.
A Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performing during the MAKS 2021 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 25, 2021.

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An infamous Stalin-era military unit called SMERSH is being re-created by Putin as he steps up his search for spies: UK intel

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Ivanovo oblast Governor Stanislav Voskresensky (R) look on the flag with portraits of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.

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Ukraine special forces say they helped destroy a Russian weapons system that was blocking satellite comms

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Ukrainian missile unit hitting Russia's electronic warfare system Tirada-2
A missile reportedly hitting a Russian Tirada-2 in Ukraine's Donetsk region in a video shared by Ukraine's Special Forces on Telegram on January 8, 2023.

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Fears grow that Ukraine could run out of US-supplied Patriot missiles

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Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.
Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.

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