Putin has been ignoring his generals and directing the war himself, analysts say — and has been surprisingly cautious

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov (R) at a meeting in Moscow in December 2022.

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The scandal over a standing ovation for a Nazi veteran is now raising questions about a cemetery monument in Canada that honors his Waffen SS unit

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A picture of the monument honoring the Waffen SS' 14th Division and a photo of Yaroslav Hunka being applauded.
Yaroslav Hunka served in the 14th Waffen SS Division, but was applauded in Canada's parliament.

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Ukraine's relentless targeting of the Black Sea Fleet has disrupted Russia's efforts to block a key export

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A man using a cellphone in front of a burning shipyard at night.
FILE - In this handout file photo released by the Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, Razvozhaev speaks on the mobile phone as smoke and flame rise from a burning Sevastopol Shipyard in Crimea. On Friday, Sept.

Tank battles of the kind the Abrams was built for are rare in Ukraine, where tanks aren't often killed in fights with enemy armor

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U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.
U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.

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Ukraine's air force shot down 34 Iran-made Shahed drones overnight, officials say

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Remnants of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone.
Russia has used Iran-made Shahed-136 drones to launch devastating attacks on cities in Ukraine over the last year.

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Wagner fighters, some of the best in the Russian ranks, are back in Ukraine, but they're not as much of a threat without Prigozhin running the show, Kyiv says

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Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.
Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.

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Tanks and troops out in the open in Ukraine can't go 10 minutes without being spotted and fired upon, Ukrainian official says

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Ukrainian soldiers launching a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2022.

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Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says

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Instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard participate in a blank fire exercise, together with Ukrainian soldiers, on August 25, 2023, north of Trondheim, Norway.

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Cheap drones and expensive missiles mean there's no more 'safe rear areas' in wartime, top NATO general says

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Ukrainian personnel near a projectile in a road after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk on September 2.

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Russia's air force has lost 90 planes in Ukraine and is becoming less formidable by overworking its jets, UK intel says

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A Russian jet in the opening ceremony of the MAKS-2007 air show outside Moscow, August 21, 2007.

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