Russia could run out of 'military tools' by spring after wasting a 'huge amounts' of soldiers and weapons, Ukraine spy chief says

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The head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov at his office on January 20, 2023.
The head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov at his office on January 20, 2023.

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Putin's army can't figure out how to use tanks, and the battlefield in Ukraine is littered with burnt wrecks

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The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.

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A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob told us the unbelievable story.

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craters from nuclear weapons tests in nevada pockmark the barren dessert land
The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there.

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UK navy seizes anti-tank missiles being smuggled out of Iran, adding to a mountain of weapons intercepted by the US and its partners at sea

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Anti-tank guided missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pierside during inventory at a military facility in the US 5th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 26, 2023.
Anti-tank guided missiles and medium-range ballistic missile components seized by the United Kingdom Royal Navy sit pierside during inventory at a military facility in the US 5th Fleet area of operations, Feb.

Key Putin ally claims Russia is dismantling seized western weapons to turn 'the enemy's experience to our advantage' in Ukraine

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Dmitry Medvedev tours Russia's biggest tank factory in the Urals
Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia is improving its firepower by studying Western weapons seized on the battlefield.

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Russians hung out with US Army soldiers at a weapons expo and played with the missiles killing Putin's tanks in Ukraine

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Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado.
Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 202

Ukrainian forces are training on fast and well-armed Leopard tanks in Spain, prime minister says

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A German Leopard 2A6 tank fires at its target during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2017.
A German Leopard 2A6 tank fires at its target during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge (SETC), at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2017.

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Here's what happens to the thousands of weapons the US military seizes from smugglers and gunrunners

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dozens of rifles laid out on deck of boat
The US Navy said it had seized more than 2,100 "AK-47" assault rifles.

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US military weighs sending Ukraine weapons and ammo seized from gunrunners in repeated raids on smuggling boats

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Sailors from patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) transfer weapons seized from a fishing vessel in international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 6. U.S. naval forces seized 2,116 AK-47 assault rifles from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen.
Sailors from patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) transfer weapons seized from a fishing vessel in international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 6. U.S.

Western forces are raiding gunrunners at sea and throwing wrenches into Iran's plans

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Guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and patrol coastal ship USS Hurricane (PC 3) sail in the background as Sailors inventory a large quantity of urea fertilizer and ammonium perchlorate discovered on board a fishing vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, Nov.
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