Russia's army is impossible to outflank so you have to go 'straight up the middle,' a US veteran training Ukrainian forces says

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Russian soldiers prepare a mortar
In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on January 13, 2023, Russian soldiers prepare to fire at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

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Russia's scramble to strengthen its southern lines has likely weakened its defenses around Bakhmut, with Ukrainian forces just 5 miles from the city, UK intel says

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Ukrainian troops fire M142 HIMARS rockets toward Bakhmut on May 18, 2023.

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Russian forces were decimated on a key part of the front line, losing more than 300 troops in one day: ISW

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Russian paratroopers march during the military parade at the 76th Guards Air Assault Division in Pskov, Russia, March,1,2020.

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Videos show a massive fuel tank explosion after a suspected drone strike in Putin's prized resort town

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Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze at Adler airport/Russian President Vladimir Putin skiis at Laura ski resort in Sochi, Russia.

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The new T-14 tank Russia has been bragging about? We haven't seen it 'a single time,' Ukraine's military intel chief says

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A T-14 Armata tank during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square in May 2015.

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Video of a cheap drone destroying an exposed T-72 hints Russian crews are still working out how to hide their tanks from a growing threat, former US general says

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A Russian Army T-72-B3 main battle tank moves through the dust during military exercises at the Kapustin Yar range in Astrakhan region, Southern Russia on September 25, 2020 during the
A Russian Army T-72B3 main battle tank during military exercises in the Astrakhan region of Southern Russia on September 25, 2020.

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Both Ukraine and Russia are sending troops to fight over a bunch of small islands. It's a way to distract from the front lines, UK intel says.

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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 in a video released in July.

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Russian soldiers working as double agents are killing their comrades for cash and the chance to live abroad, report says

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Russian soldiers have a military training in Rostov, Russia, on December 6, 2022.

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Ukraine is trying to get a captured mayor back from Russia more than a year after he went missing

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A still from a video of Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolykhaev, standing in front of a map and a Ukrainian flag
A still from a video of Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolykhaev, shared in February 2022

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Ukraine's capture of two villages shows 'severe degradation' of Russia's defending troops, experts say

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A Ukrainian soldier walking among several burned remains of armored vehicles.
Destroyed Russian armored vehicles and tanks seen in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 5, 2022.

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