How Russia's Roman Abramovich went from a billionaire sports tycoon to Putin's backchannel to the West

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Russian billionaire and businessman Roman Abramovich attends meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, on December, 19, 2016.

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A longtime Russia ally suspended participation in Putin's NATO rival after calling it ineffective

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on November 23, 2022

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A decadelong secret partnership between the CIA and Ukraine has been critical for lethal operations against Russia: NYT

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A Ukrainian soldier runs to position as the 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit prepares to fire a Strela-10 anti-air missile system.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has suffered a 'big loss' of 31,000 soldiers during the war — less than half of US estimates

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks on February 25, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy pictured speaking on February 25, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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A video appears to show a lone Ukrainian soldier fending off 10 Russian soldiers in close-quarter trench battle

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a machine gun in Serebrianskyi Forest on December 2, 2023 in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a machine gun in Serebrianskyi Forest on December 2, 2023 in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Footage appears to show Ukrainian drones destroying prized Russian armor, including a rare 'Terminator' tank, left in an unlocked warehouse

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A Russian weaponry cache being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.
A Russian weaponry cache being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.

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Taiwan fears that stalled Ukraine aid foreshadows their future if China invades

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Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, left, speaks during a meeting with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, left, speaks during a meeting with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb.

More Russian soldiers have likely died seizing Avdiivka than in the entire Soviet-Afghan war, ISW says

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A Ukrainian soldier fires towards the Russian position as the Ukrainian soldiers from the artillery unit wait for ammunition assistance at the frontline in the direction of Avdiivka as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk.
A Ukrainian soldier fires towards the Russian position as the Ukrainian soldiers from the artillery unit wait for ammunition assistance at the frontline in the direction of Avdiivka as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Don

Russian soldiers forced to rape each other says report alleging brutal violence on Ukraine frontline

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A video shows fighters from Russia's Storm-Z squad explaining they will no longer fight in Ukraine, in protest at treatment by their commanders, on June 28.

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Warren Buffett's son Howard has given $500M to Ukraine — he warns the US is making a historic mistake by pulling its support

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Howard Buffett in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Howard Buffett in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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