The Russian ruble is at its lowest level in a year on speculation Shell is going to repatriate $1 billion of recent earnings

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Video captures the moment a Ukrainian exploding drone destroyed one of Russia's prized Tor-M2 missile systems designed to shoot down drones

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A Russian Tor-M2 missile system being struck by a Ukrainian drone.
A Russian Tor-M2 missile system being struck by a Ukrainian drone.

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A Russian war fanatic was planning to buy military drones, hackers said. They made him buy $25,000 worth of sex toys instead.

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A composite image showing a Russian drone above Kyiv, Ukraine, in October 2022 and a dildo.
A composite image showing a Russian drone above Kyiv, Ukraine, in October 2022 and a dildo.

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Wagner Group mercenaries are getting a lot more help from Russia's military than Prigozhin would like you to think

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Bakhmut region in an image from an undated video released on March 3.

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NATO just got hundreds of tanks, 62 fighter jets, and a whole lot of artillery after Finland joined the military alliance

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Swedish and Finnish tanks during a military exercise called "Cold Response 2022," which gathered around 30,000 troops from NATO member countries plus Finland and Sweden in Evenes, Norway, March 22, 2022.

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Two Ukrainian men in wheelchairs were forcibly deported to Russia and subjected to months of abuse. Then they escaped.

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Oleksandr (left) and Bohdan (right).

Bohdan and Oleksandr

Russia is looking for money from 'friendly' nations to indirectly support its war in Ukraine, UK intel says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with employees of a plant of Tulazheldormash railroad machinery and equipment manufacturer in Tula, Russia, April 4, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a manufacturing company in Tula, Russia, April 4, 2023.

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Bill Clinton says he feels 'terrible' for pushing a 1994 agreement with Russia that resulted in Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons

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Boris Yeltsin with Bill Clinton, 1998

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Western countries are speeding up tank deliveries to Ukraine, but tanks aren't what Ukrainian troops need to get around Russian forces

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Ukraine tank near Zaporizhzhia
A Ukrainian tank at a shooting range near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia on March 29.

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Map shows how Russia's border with NATO more than doubles with Finland as a member

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A map showing how NATO's current border with Russia compares to its border if Sweden and Finland join.
A map showing how NATO's current border with Russia compares to its border if Sweden and Finland join.

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  • Finland officially became a member of the NATO military alliance on Tuesday.

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