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A sanctions loophole is allowing China to quietly send millions of dollars worth of military gear to Russia

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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To help end the war in Ukraine, seize Russia's state assets and use them for reparations

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Antiwar protesters demonstrate against US involvement in the Ukraine War outside of the US Capitol.

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Wheat prices head for biggest single-day gain since Russia invaded Ukraine after fresh attacks on key grain facilities

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Ukrainian navy ships during exercise Sea Breeze 2020 in the Black Sea, July 21, 2020.

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Ukrainian vigilantes are tearing down Russian statues and landmarks in the night to 'decolonize' their cities

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A tractor destroys a Soviet monument dedicated to the victory of the USSR in the Second World War in one of the villages in the Lviv region.
While Kyiv is removing all Soviet monuments across the country, some towns and cities have kept up other Russian landmarks and references to Russian language.

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A Ukrainian counterattack has the Wagner boss sounding alarms on a counteroffensive in 'full swing,' claiming Zelenskyy played everyone

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Ukrainian artillery fires towards the frontline during heavy fighting amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 13, 2023.
Ukrainian artillery fires towards the frontline during heavy fighting amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 13, 2023.

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The thousands of 'soldiers' marching in Russia's Victory parade weren't actual combat troops, UK intel says

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Russian soldiers march toward Red Square to attend a Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
Russian soldiers march toward Red Square to attend a Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

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Russia made Ukrainians who refused to flee war-torn towns sign a waiver saying it's not Moscow's fault if something happens to them

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A woman digs ground as damaged buildings are being demolished by heavy duty machine as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Mariupol's Russian controlled territory, Ukraine on March 16, 2023.

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Russia's irregular commanders, like the Wagner boss, are trying to force a top general's hand and risking throwing operations into chaos, war experts say

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives to pay the last respects to slain Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives to pay the last respects to slain Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye

Homemade exploding Ukrainian drones are carrying bombs held on with zip ties and tape — and can't even be landed safely once launched

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A Ukrainian soldier loads dummy grenades on a drone for target practice in the region of Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 18, 2023.
The makeshift drones are small in size but cheap, easy to make, and deadly.

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Massive incendiary attack in Bakhmut shows Russia's 'scorched earth' tactics have turned the eastern Ukrainian city to rubble

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BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - JUL 24: A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022.

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