Russia is eyeing big tax hikes after this month's election to pay for the war in Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing a suit
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the new residential building of the presidential lyceum at the Sirius Park of Science and Art outside Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

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Zelenskyy's aides kept an emergency escape train on standby for him at the start of the war. He never took it.

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President Of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during meeting with Ukrainian railway workers on November 4, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting with Ukrainian railway workers on November 4, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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The world's largest airplane was destroyed by Russia — and Ukraine estimates it will cost $500 million to rebuild. Take a look at what's left of the mammoth jet.

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The An-225 with no wings or cockpit, taken August 10 at Hostomel.
The Antonov An-225 "Mriya"as it looked on Aug. 10 of this year.

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Ukrainian steelmakers who scared off Russian forces with decoy weapons made of trash are now supplying troops with hundreds of fake weapons

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Ukrainian service members near Bakhmut on March 24, 2023.

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3 Ukrainian pilots died in a disastrous mid-flight collision days after Western allies announced a new training initiative

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An Aero L-39C Albatros aircraft from Ukraine Air Force flies over Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022.
An Aero L-39C Albatros aircraft from Ukraine Air Force flies over Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 4, 2022.

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