How Ukraine lost Bakhmut and Russia won a hollow victory

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A stylized image showing a ruined building, a soldier, and a drone in Bakhmut, Ukraine.

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When Yuriy Stetskiv pulled into Bakhmut at the end of April, the mission was to cling on for as long as possible.

Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US that could help Ukraine, breaking a decades-old arms export policy

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A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.
A shot of a Patriot missile battery firing an interceptor in a US Army test. The Patriot missile defense system is a ground-based interceptor able to eliminate airborne threats.

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Biden is eyeing using $300B in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine. It could backfire.

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A view of the Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow on May 26, 2022.

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Next year could be even tougher than this last for Ukraine, forcing it to fight irregularly to hold on

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A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher fires towards Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine is legalizing medicinal marijuana to treat stress and cancer among war survivors

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Employees separate flowers of cannabis from the stems, and the Ukrainian parliament votes on the legalization of medicinal cannabis.
The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted in a bill that legalizes medicinal cannabis.

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China, Russia boast that trade is at an "all-time high" despite Western sanctions

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met in Beijing, signaling a stronger alliance between the two countries.

Russian wives accuse the country's security service of forcing their husbands to lie about war conditions, calling Putin a 'coward' and 'our rat king,' report says

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Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022.

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Russia is forcing Ukrainian civilians stuck in occupied towns to join the army and 'fight against their own country,' watchdog reports

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Russian military conscript troops
Russian conscripts called up for military service wait to board a train at a railway station in Omsk on November 27, 2022.

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Ukrainian sea-drone operator describes taking out a Russian ship, says the tech is redefining warfare

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A Ukrainian surface drone called
A Ukrainian sea drone called "Sea Baby."

Screengrab via the Security Service of Ukraine Telegram

Russian soldiers are facing a 'mouse fever' outbreak on the frontlines, Ukrainian intel says

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A Ukrainian military health worker holds up a mouse with scissors in front of the trench in Donetsk Region of Ukraine in December 2023.
A Ukrainian military health worker holds up a mouse with scissors in front of the trench in Donetsk Region of Ukraine in December 2023.

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