A defiant Ukrainian soldier called in an artillery strike on his own position in a moment of self-sacrifice — and survived

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A Ukrainian soldier in a trench surrounded by fog and burnt trees
A Ukrainian soldier digs a trench near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in October 2023.

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Disturbing video appears to show Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian troops who had surrendered

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Video merges appearing to show Russian soldiers executing surrendering Ukrainian troops, December 2023.
Video merges appearing to show Russian soldiers executing surrendering Ukrainian troops, December 2023.

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Video shows Russian soldier saying some troops mixed river water in a can of meat and drank it for a week so they wouldn't starve

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Russia conscript soldiers military training
Russians called up as part of the partial mobilization go through military training in Rostov on October 21, 2022.

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DIY exploding drones are changing the game in Ukraine war

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Russia and Ukraine are expanding drone fleets and training more operators as cheap, hobby-style FPVs reshape combat in the war.

A downed Russian Shahed drone was found with a Ukrainian SIM card, suggesting the technology was used to pilot the explosive drone: think tank

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Remnants of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone.
Russia has used Shahed-136 drones — like the one pictured above — to launch devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities.

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Russia has stopped exchanging POWs because it wants Ukrainian families to think their country is abandoning their loved ones, official says

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A group of captured Russian soldiers in a prison in Western Ukraine
A group of captured Russian soldiers lining up at a prison in western Ukraine on April 18, 2023.

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A dozen Russian marines were killed when an RPG shell rolled into a fire they'd lit beside a pile of ammo and exploded, report says

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Burnt anti-tank shells
Burnt anti-tank shells from the Soviet RPG-7 grenade launcher lie on abandoned Russian positions in April 2022 in Sosnivka Village, Kyiv region, Ukraine.

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Ukraine set off 4 explosive devices on a freight train operating on the only major railroad connecting Russia and China: report

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A freight train in Yongchuan district in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality
A freight train loaded with SUVs made by Great Wall Motor starting its journey to Russia in Yongchuan district in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on November 14, 2023.

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A Russian soldier says his regiment lost over 1,000 men in just 10 days of fighting in Ukraine

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Five service members of pro-Russian troops
Pro-Russian troops in uniforms without insignia gathering in the separatist-controlled settlement of Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, on March 1, 2022.

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Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin was on the screen during the 15th World Russian People's Congress at the State Kremlin Palace on November 28, 2023, in Moscow.

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