Russia lost the first Crimean War because of widespread alcoholism. Drinking is killing their troops in Ukraine, too, intel shows.

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Soldiers battle during the Crimean War. Russia, ca. 1855.

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Ukrainian troops blew up their own building to trap Russian forces after they blasted their way inside with a tank, commander says

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Ukrainian service members near Bakhmut on March 24, 2023.

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Russia accused of beheading Ukrainian soldier: 'How easily these beasts kill,' Zelenskyy says

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw, Poland, on April 5, 2023.

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Video shows a Russian YouTuber striking himself in the face with a Western anti-tank weapon after holding it the wrong way

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A US Army soldier fires an AT4 anti-armor weapon during an exercise at the Vaziani Training Area in Georgia in 2019. This picture is not related to the story.

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Russia risks becoming an 'economic colony of China' following its invasion of Ukraine, says CIA director

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

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Russia is set to pass a measure that bans people who have been drafted to the military from leaving the country

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A session of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, on April 7, 2022.

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Russian jamming may have hamstrung a US-made bomb kit being used in Ukraine, leaked documents say

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Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight build Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 22, 2020.
Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight build Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 22, 2020.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cary Smith

Ukraine resumes exporting electricity to Europe after Russia fails to destroy its power grid

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Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's energy minister

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What's in the leaked Pentagon documents that could hurt Ukraine and has US officials panicking

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Gen. Mark Milley speaking during a press conference.
Gen. Mark Milley speaks at a Pentagon press conference in March.

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Ukraine's military intel chief privately warned Bakhmut was 'catastrophic' as he made a gamble to get it under control, leaked documents show

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A Ukrainian soldier goes to his position in the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.
A Ukrainian soldier goes to his position in the frontline close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

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