Wartime sanctions on Russia have sparked new smuggling opportunities for hot-ticket items like luxury Italian handbags and microchips

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Russian law enforcement officers stand in front of a closed Burberry store in Moscow
Russian police and National Guard servicemen patrol the Red Square next to Burberry shop in Moscow on March 10, 2022.

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The US has a game plan for the Ukraine war which rests on Kyiv holding out until 2025: report

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An Archer artillery system firing on Russian position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on December 16, 2023

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Ukrainian soldiers say Russian drones are dropping tear gas on the front lines, choking troops and starting fires in the trenches

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A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover in a trench during shelling next to a 105mm howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover in a trench during shelling next to a 105mm howitzer near the city of Bakhmut, on March 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia's synthetic drug use is skyrocketing as soldiers return from Ukraine with addictions and trafficking supply routes dwindle

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Moscow, Russia

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Ukraine says it's making more exploding drones to use instead of artillery as ammo supplies from its allies falter

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A soldier with Ukraine's 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade catches a drone while testing it in a trench
A soldier with Ukraine's 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade catches a drone while testing it near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in November 2022.

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Russia keeps proving its 'undefeatable' missile doesn't work that well, UK intel says

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A Russian Air Force MiG-31K jet carries a high-precision hypersonic aero-ballistic missile Kh-47M2 Kinzhal during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
A Russian MiG-31K jet armed with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile in a 2018 file photo.

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Ukraine's next US weapons package will be the last before key funds run out, White House says

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A crewmember of the 122-mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika prepares the howitzer for firing onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on December 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A crewmember of the 122-mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika prepares the howitzer for firing onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on December 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Russian Storm-Z soldiers are highly likely being sent back into battle with amputations and unhealed wounds: Western intel

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Ukrainian soldiers fire with the Archer Artillery System on Russian position on December 16, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers fire with the Archer Artillery System on Russian position on December 16, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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The world's most powerful militaries in 2023, ranked

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Pakistani military personnel stand beside a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2017.
Pakistani military personnel stand beside a Shaheen III surface-to-surface ballistic missile during Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan, in March 2017.

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Ukraine's war machine is starting to slow down as Western ammo dries up

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Ukraine artillery M777 howitzer
A soldier covers his ears as an M777 howitzer is fired on the frontline in Zaporizhzhya.

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