The Russia-Ukraine war appears to be at a stalemate. But soldiers on both sides are losing at the front lines.

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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Donetsk frontline as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 24, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Donetsk frontline as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on April 24, 2023.

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Ukrainian partisans say they killed 24 Russian soldiers in Crimea after poisoning their vodka with arsenic and strychnine

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Russia is ramping up its use of long-range glide bombs because Ukraine keeps shooting down its helicopters, war analysts say

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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A defiant Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position in a moment of self-sacrifice — and survived

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A Ukrainian soldier digs a trench near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in October 2023.

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Disturbing video appears to show Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian troops who had surrendered

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Video merges appearing to show Russian soldiers executing surrendering Ukrainian troops, December 2023.
Video merges appearing to show Russian soldiers executing surrendering Ukrainian troops, December 2023.

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Video shows Russian soldier saying some troops mixed river water in a can of meat and drank it for a week so they wouldn't starve

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Russians called up as part of the partial mobilization go through military training in Rostov on October 21, 2022.

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DIY exploding drones are changing the game in Ukraine war

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Russia and Ukraine are expanding drone fleets and training more operators as cheap, hobby-style FPVs reshape combat in the war.

A downed Russian Shahed drone was found with a Ukrainian SIM card, suggesting the technology was used to pilot the explosive drone: think tank

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Remnants of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone.
Russia has used Shahed-136 drones — like the one pictured above — to launch devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities.

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Russia has stopped exchanging POWs because it wants Ukrainian families to think their country is abandoning their loved ones, official says

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A group of captured Russian soldiers in a prison in Western Ukraine
A group of captured Russian soldiers lining up at a prison in western Ukraine on April 18, 2023.

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A dozen Russian marines were killed when an RPG shell rolled into a fire they'd lit beside a pile of ammo and exploded, report says

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Burnt anti-tank shells
Burnt anti-tank shells from the Soviet RPG-7 grenade launcher lie on abandoned Russian positions in April 2022 in Sosnivka Village, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

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