George W. Bush says it was 'shocking' to learn that Yevgeny Prigozhin once served him dinner in St. Petersburg: 'All I know is I survived'

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President George Bush and his wife Laura attended a dinner in 2006 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Bush met Prigozhin.
President George Bush and his wife Laura attended a dinner in 2006 with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Bush met Prigozhin.

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Zelenskyy admitted that Ukraine 'waited too long' to begin its counteroffensive, giving Russia plenty of time to riddle the land with mines

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.

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There are 5 things the West could do to put even more pressure on Russia's struggling economy, think tank says

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Russia's economy has been buffered by attempts to evade West's economic sanctions, according to researchers from a US-based think tank.

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Russian soldiers have to buy their own radios and phones in battle, but the systems are incompatible and proving useless: reports

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A Russian military radio is displayed during an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment and tactical gear on June 15, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Ukraine's counteroffensive could have only 30 days left, says US military's top general

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Soldiers from the 93rd brigade fire a 9K35 Strela-10 Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system
Soldiers from the 93rd brigade fire a 9K35 Strela-10 Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system.

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Ukraine's Bayraktar TB2 drones appear to be back in combat — and with devastating effect, reports say

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Ukrainian servicemen push a Bayraktar TB2 UCAV at the Kulbakyne aerodrome during the Exercise Sea Breeze 2021, Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen with a Bayraktar TB2 UCAV.

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Elon Musk's biographer changed a major detail about how the SpaceX CEO stopped Ukraine sinking a chunk of the Russian navy

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Elon Musk.
Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk scrambled to justify blocking a Ukrainian attack on the Russian navy using Starlink

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Elon Musk attends the VivaTech conference in Paris
Elon Musk at the VivaTech conference in Paris

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North Korea launches 'nuclear attack submarine' ahead of talks with Putin

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Kim Jong Un announced his plans to prioritize nuclear weapons at the launch of North Korea's "tactical nuclear attack submarine."

Russia will sell natural gas to China at almost a 50% discount compared to European buyers

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front, R), Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, L), his wife Peng Liyuan (2nd row, L), and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd row, R), arrive for a gala show to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, Sept. 3, 2015.

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