Russian planes keep getting blown up in airfields hundreds of miles from the fighting, exposing embarrassing gaps in its defenses

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A still from a video shared by Ukraine's defense ministry of attacks on Crimea in August.
A still from a video shared by Ukraine's defense ministry of attacks on Crimea in August. Evidence shows multiple Russian aircraft were damaged.

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A Russian police lieutenant colonel was killed by a drone while mowing his lawn on his day off, local reports say

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Broken windows of a damaged residential building is seen after shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the town of Shebekino, Belgorod Region, Russia on June 21, 2023.
Broken windows of a damaged residential building is seen after shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the town of Shebekino, Belgorod Region, Russia on June 21, 2023.

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Ukraine's military medical care has been superior to Russia's, but the lasting Soviet doctrine of simply throwing waves of soldiers at your enemies could help make up for it

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Russian military cadets take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on April 25, 2023.
Russian military cadets take part in a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on April 25, 2023.

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Wagner Group may be absorbed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which Prigozhin rallied against before his death. The mercenary group's current arrangement could 'disappear rather soon,' former GRU captain says.

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The PMC Wagner Center on November 4.

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Russia is throwing away elite forces it will likely need later, like paratroopers, trying to blunt Ukraine's counteroffensive

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Russian paratroopers during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade at the polygon, on April 18, 2022 in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia
Russian paratroopers during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade at the polygon, on April 18, 2022 in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia. Russian airborne forces have taken a heavy beating in Ukraine.

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Russia more than doubled salaries of some soldiers but is still struggling to recruit people to fight in Ukraine, UK intel says

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Ukrainian soldier says Russia has an edge in the air and its powerful bombs are among the 'biggest fears' for front-line forces

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A Ukrainian soldier watches a Grad multiple launch rocket system firing shells with flyers near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
A Ukrainian soldier watches a Grad multiple launch rocket system firing shells with flyers near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

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Russia sends some of its most elite paratroopers to the south of Ukraine as counteroffensive breaks through

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Ukrainian soldiers of the Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' enter the embattled village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 25, 2023.

How Preply became one of the largest online language learning startups in the world

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Kirill Bigai, the cofounder and CEO of Preply.

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Ukraine shows off its next-generation 20-foot-long underwater drone that will sink Russian warships from below the surface

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Russian navy vessels near the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea on February 16, 2022.

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