Russia's central bank pushes interest rates to 16% to try and cool war-time inflation

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If Russia wins in Ukraine, the US may be stretched so thin it would leave the door wide open for China, war analysts warn

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Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) march during the military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army march during the military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing

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A new Russian paratrooper unit was badly beaten in its first fight in Ukraine, sparking fury at a top commander, Western intel says

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Ukrainian infantrymen soldiers travel on the Dnipro River on boats on September 14, 2023 in Kherson region, Ukraine.
Ukrainian infantrymen soldiers travel on the Dnipro River on boats on September 14, 2023 in Kherson region, Ukraine.

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Biden should use seized Russian money if 'Congress stupidly refuses' to get military aid to Ukraine, legal scholar says

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FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022.
FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022.

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Putin was gloating in public after Republican moves to block US aid for Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall in central Moscow on December 14, 2023.

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Video from Ukraine appears to show Russians using Ukrainian POWs as human shields while attacking

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Ukrainian prisoners of war after a swap in Ukraine's Donetsk region in May 2023.

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Biden says US will support Ukraine 'as long as we can' amid GOP standoff, a change from 'as long as it takes'

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President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington.
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at a news conference in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Tuesday, Dec.

The US has to win in space if it doesn't want to lose future wars, a top Marine general says

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dantrel Gandy, a Low Altitude Air Defense gunner with Alpha Battery, 2nd LAAD Platoon, Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron – 363 (Reinforced), with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, observes a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launch during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug.

Another country Russia invaded is worried a new naval base is going to drag it into the Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023.

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Ukraine says Russia has it outgunned 7 to 1 when it comes to drones

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A man holds a remote control and looks up at a drone in the sky.
A Ukrainian serviceman operating a drone in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on August 17, 2023.

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