Russian ships are being taken out by mines covertly laid by Ukrainian sea drones: report

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

Screengrab via UNITED24/Ukrainian government

A lawsuit filed against a bitcoin mine in Texas has shed light on a growing trend: US crypto mines backed by millions of dollars from Chinese investors

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Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas
The influx of Bitcoin facilities in Texas has raised annual power bills across the state.

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Winter storm may have unmoored mines in the Black Sea ramping up naval danger for both Ukraine and Russia

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A screenshot of a video released by Russian officials show emergency responders standing in flood waters.
A storm in the Black Sea took down power grids and left almost half a million people without power after it flooded roads, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea.

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Video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine and running out of control before sinking into water

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Russian tank on fire falling into body of water.
A Russian tank catches fire and sinks in water after hitting a mine in Novoprokopivka.

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Video shows Ukraine using thermal imaging drones to try to locate mines left by Russia to kill and maim its soldiers

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A pair of hands hold a screen with a thermal image of a field filled with white dots, some of which are Russian landmines
A still of a CNN video showing a thermal imaging captured by Ukraine, where some of the white dots show Russian landmines.

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While Russia's schoolchildren learn how to operate drones and clean guns, Ukraine's students will take classes on how to navigate treacherous minefields

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Ukrainian army's 35th Marine Brigade members conduct mine clearance work at a field in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 11, 2023.
Ukrainian army's 35th Marine Brigade members conduct mine clearance work at a field in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 11, 2023.

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A leading Ukrainian doctor says mines second only to artillery as a cause of soldier injuries

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A man with an amputated leg covered in bandages sits on a table
Illia Pylypenko, who lost one of his limbs to an anti-tank mine, receives rehabilitation treatment at "Unbroken" Rehabilitation Center in Lviv, Ukraine, March 30, 2023.

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Ukraine is now the 'most heavily mined country in the world,' defense minister says, as he pleads for more de-mining equipment

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oldiers prepare to clear an anti tank mine by using rope to remove the detonator during a mine clearance training exercise
Soldiers prepare to clear an anti-tank mine by using rope to remove the detonator during a mine clearance training exercise on July 11 2023, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.

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Russia's planting mines everywhere, even cruelly hiding explosives in everyday items like fridges, toys, and children's books, Ukrainian military engineers say

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Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.
Ukrainian military sappers demine the road in a fog close to Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.

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Photo captures Ukrainian troops using grunt robots to plant deadly anti-personnel mines

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unexploded munitions and other explosive devices as members of a demining team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine clear mines off a field not far from the town of Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, on April 21, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Unexploded munitions and other explosive devices collected by members of a Ukrainian demining team.

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