Putin gave a niece with no military experience a key defense job: UK Intel

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Putin during a meeting with his niece, government official Anna Tsivileva, in the Kremlin in April 2024

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NATO member says Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows just how hollow the Russian war machine is

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Russian President Vladimir Putin leaving after attending the opening ceremony of the last phase of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway.
Sweden's foreign minister Tobias Billström said that Ukraine's shock invasion of Kursk is "devastating for the Putin regime."

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Ukraine's invasion of Russia is showing how good it is at hitting Putin's weak spots

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's meets top military officials in the Kremlin amid the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk in August, 2024.

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Russia complained that its 'peaceful' people don't deserve to be invaded

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Ukrainian servicemen pose for a picture on a road in a photo taken through the smashed window of a military vehicle
Ukrainian servicemen pose for a picture as they repair a military vehicle near Ukraine's border with Russia on Sunday.

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Ukraine's audacious invasion of Russian territory is a massive blow to Putin's power

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's strongman image is at risk.

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Putin is giving cash to Russians fleeing Ukraine's surprise attack — but only $115

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President Vladimir Putin, left, sits at a desk, facing a screen for a video call with acting Kursk governor Alekey Smirnov as they discuss the Ukrainian incursion there, in a picture published by the Kremlin on August 8, 2024.
President Vladimir Putin discussing the unexpected incursion of Ukraine into the Kursk region in August, 2024.

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Kursk residents recorded a video for Putin, saying Russia's military chiefs are lying that Ukraine's attack is 'under control'

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Putin sits at a desk in the Kremlin while on a remote call with officials from Kursk.
Officials say Russian leader Vladimir Putin, pictured here attending a remote meeting from Moscow, has been personally overseeing the response to Ukraine's attack in Kursk.

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Ukrainian troops were seen pushing 6 miles into Russian territory, and the Kremlin can't decide if it's a 'large-scale provocation' or 'under control'

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Rural houses are damaged by shelling and fighting in Kursk.
Kursk's acting governor, Alexey Smirnov, posted photos of towns in the region damaged by the fighting after Ukraine launched a rare incursion past the border.

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The US tried to secure Alexey Navalny's release in a historic prisoner swap with Russia before his death

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US officials said they sought to secure Alexey Navalny's release before his death.

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India and China joined Russia's Navy Day celebrations as Putin tries to project anti-Western group

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President Vladimir Putin stands in front of a microphone on the deck of a small boat during Russia's Navy Day celebrations on July 28, 2024, with both a modern and wooden warship visible in the water beyond him. This is a handout image.
President Vladimir Putin used some of his speech during Russia's Navy Day parade to lambast the US for plans to locate weapons in Germany.
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