Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia can't attack and defend at the same time, former US ambassador says

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Soldiers in a military truck as a column of the Russian Armed Forces move to build up forces conducting active combat operations in Russia's Kursk region on August 10, 2024.
Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia has 'limited capabilities,' Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO, said.

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Ukraine faces rising questions over whether the F-16 and pilot it lost were shot down by friendly fire from a Patriot missile battery

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General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons received by Ukraine fly on August 4.
Ukraine's first loss of an F-16 and its pilot, Oleksiy Mes, are huge blows to the country's armed forces.

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Russia may have spent $1.3 billion on an aerial attack as inflation continues to soar in the country on the back of huge state defense spending

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Large-scale damage caused to buildings and cars is seen in the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine.
The aftermath of a strike on Sumy, Ukraine.

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Ukraine may be trying to attack a new area of Russia to show allies it can regain the initiative — but it could backfire, experts say

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Ukrainian forces during military operations in Kursk region, Ukraine, on August 20, 2024.
Ukraine may have attacked a Russian region next to Kursk (pictured) to show its allies it can regain the initiative, experts say.

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NATO member says Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows just how hollow the Russian war machine is

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Russian President Vladimir Putin leaving after attending the opening ceremony of the last phase of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway.
Sweden's foreign minister Tobias Billström said that Ukraine's shock invasion of Kursk is "devastating for the Putin regime."

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Russia is going to have a tough time trying to take Kursk back from Ukraine, says CIA deputy director

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Ukrainian soldiers preparing a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells.
"I think our expectation is that that will be a difficult fight for the Russians," CIA deputy director David Cohen said on Wednesday.

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Ukraine can't use the UK's Storm Shadow missiles on targets inside Russia because the US is standing in the way: reports

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Two Storm Shadow missiles just after they were dropped from a jet over brown fields.
A still from footage by Ukraine's air force that shows a Storm Shadow missile being launched.

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A Russian murder convict joined Wagner, went home, killed again, then got out a 2nd time by joining the army: rights group

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A billboard with a masked Russian soldier.
A billboard with a masked Russian soldier.

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Y Combinator is making its first weapons industry bet on a company that wants to be the SpaceX of missiles

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US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile getting launched during a live fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan.
"In a war with Taiwan, we would fire thousands of anti-ship missiles a week, and our stockpiles would run out in days.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the US military is falling behind in AI warfare and needs a 'systemic overhaul'

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Former chairman and CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt.
Former chairman and CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt.

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