Ukrainian soldier complains fight to hold ground across key river relies on 'green' troops rushed through training having only fired a rifle 'a few times'

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A group of Ukrainian marines sail from the riverbank of Dnipro at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
A group of Ukrainian marines sail from the riverbank of Dnipro at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.

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Ukraine's farmers risk their lives clearing the world's largest minefield with drones and robots

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Farmers in parts of Ukraine formerly occupied by Russian troops face one of the largest minefields in the world.

Explosives are slow to remove by hand, so some are deploying robots and drones to help speed up the process and kick-start their devastated businesses.

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Russia is painting drones black so they are harder to spot at night, UK intel says

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Darkened drone parts on top of gravel
A photo shared by the National Guard of Ukraine that it said showed downed Russian drones.

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Russian forces are killing their own wounded with drones to stop them from surrendering, Ukrainian officials say

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A Russian soldier in combat gear puts a wing on a drone against a blue sky
A photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in August 2022 shows a Russian serviceman preparing a reconnaissance drone.

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Photos offer an up-close look at how Ukrainian soldiers rig their drones with deadly explosives

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Ukrainian FPV drone unit from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade, launching RPG warhead armed FPV munitions towards Russian positions in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian FPV drone unit from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade, launching RPG warhead armed FPV munitions towards Russian positions in Donetsk Oblast.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Ukrainian sniper team claiming the world's longest kill shot described how they shot a Russian officer from over 2 miles away

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A composite image showing, left, a Ukrainian Territorial Defense brigade sniper in training, used for illustration purposes only, and a view of the claimed longest sniper shot highlighted in a circle in footage released by Ukrainian Special forces in November 2023.
A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces soldier trains with a sniper rifle (left).

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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Ukrainian soldiers feel they have been abandoned on a crucial part of the frontline and their situation is being 'hushed up': report

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Elite Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro river.
Elite Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro River.

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Ukraine is on track to make 72 howitzers next year, but will struggle to get the ammo to use them, report says

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A Ukrainian serviceman of the 57th Kost Hordiienko Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 5, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in July 2023.

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