A wounded Russian soldier was denied compensation for his war injuries because he got blown up by his own comrades, not Ukraine

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A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.

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A 'decoy arms race' is playing out in Ukraine, where deception is getting harder and troops have to treat fakes like they're real to fool the enemy

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Ukrainian soldiers conduct maintenance on a camouflaged tank on the Bakhmut frontline as Ukrainian Army conduct operation to target trenches of Russian forces through the Donetsk Oblast amid Russia and Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 24, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers conduct maintenance on a camouflaged tank on the Bakhmut frontline in Donetsk Oblast on July 24, 2023.

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An unusual military build-up in southern Europe sparked fears of another invasion like Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine

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Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.
Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

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Russia is highly likely using an amphibious plane from the 1960s to hunt for a new threat to its Black Sea Fleet, Western intel says

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A Beriev Be-12 taking off.
A Beriev Be-12 taking off.

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Putin is offering double pay to attract officials to jobs in occupied Ukraine, but many are scared of being killed: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Ukrainian separatist regional leaders Vladimir Saldo (L), Yevgeniy Balitsky (2L), Leonid Pasechnik (R) and Denis Pushilin (2R) seen during the annexation ceremony of four Ukrainian regions at the Grand Kremlin Palace, September 30, 2022, in Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Ukrainian separatist regional leaders Vladimir Saldo (L), Yevgeniy Balitsky (2L), Leonid Pasechnik (R) and Denis Pushilin

Every Russian commander who led the invasion of Ukraine has lost their job, former UK defence secretary says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, at a parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023.

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Ukraine is ramping up its drone attacks on Russian forces, hitting a record 220 targets last week, official says

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Two Ukrainian soldiers look up at a drone.
Ukrainian soldiers fly a drone during a military training session in Donetsk, Ukraine on August 17, 2023.

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Ukraine’s troops ‘mostly advance without using the vehicles,’ general says, despite an influx of advanced gear

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Ukraine tank near Zaporizhzhia
A Ukrainian tank near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 29, 2023.

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A Russian soldier gathered intel for Ukraine and then convinced 11 others to defect alongside him, Ukraine says

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A Russian howitzer fires toward Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in this photo taken from video
A Russian howitzer fires toward Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in July 2023.

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A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines

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Woman standing in front of ruins in Ukraine.
Valeriya Zavadskaya, 24, co-owns Flash Dancers with her mother. "Our goal is to be a switch from what is happening," she says.

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