As Russia's war in Ukraine drags on, Kyiv's neighbors are loading up on new high-tech military gear

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Polish troops in the Armed Forces Day Parade in Warsaw on August 15.

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Russia's EU neighbors are banning Russian vehicles from entering their countries as the bloc toughens sanctions

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Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.
Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022.

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Canada's parliament accidentally honored a 98-year-old Nazi. Now Poland may try to extradite him and bring him up on charges.

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98-year-old Nazi Yaroslav Hunka honored in Canadian parliament
98-year-old Nazi Yaroslav Hunka stands as he receives an ovation after being accidentally honored in Canada's parliament.

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Take a look at Poland's fast-expanding military that aims to become Europe's 'largest land force'

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An M1 Abrams tank.

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A 91-year-old Ukrainian woman who fled Russians twice in her lifetime cursed 'Putin's bastards' for ruining her final years

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A crowd of Ukrainian refuges gather under a bridge.
A Ukrainian serviceman helps evacuees gathered under a destroyed bridge, as they flee the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022.

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Huge purchases of tanks and helicopters suggest Poland is borrowing a battlefield idea from the US Army

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Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at a ceremony for the delivery of 14 US-made Abrams tanks in Szczecin on June 28.

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Archaeologists discovered a 17th-century 'vampire child' with a padlocked ankle in a Polish 'necropolis' graveyard

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The skeletal remains of what researchers believe to be a 17th-century
Archeologists discovered the skeletal remains of what they believe to be a 17th-century "vampire child" in an unmarked Polish cemetery.

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Poland's prime minister fears over 100 Wagner mercs approaching his country's borders will try to pose as migrants and sneak into NATO territory

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One image shows Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Prime Minister, attending a press conference, while another shows members of Wagner group stand on the balcony of a building
Over 100 Wagner mercenaries have gathered near Poland's border with Belarus, Morawiecki said.

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After Ukraine's success with US-made HIMARS, European militaries are looking for their own rocket artillery

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Ukrainian troops fire an M142 HIMARS toward Bakhmut in May.

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Putin is again warning that Ukraine could be invaded and occupied by Poland

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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