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Ukraine is getting older US Abrams tanks, but Russia's Soviet-era tanks still won't be a match for them in battle

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Marines from 4th Tank Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif., roll down a dirt road on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise Africa Lion 2012, April 13, 2012.
Marines from 4th Tank Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif., roll down a dirt road on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise Africa Lion 2012, April 13, 2012.

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After calling the Russia-Ukraine war a 'territorial dispute,' DeSantis says Putin is a 'war criminal' and 'basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons'

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida at a news conference in Miami, Fla., on January 26, 2023.

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Days after Putin's dead-of-night trip to a city far from the front, Zelenskyy visited the heart of the bloodiest fighting in Ukraine

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A split image showing Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) visiting different regions in Ukraine over the past week.
A split image showing Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) visiting different regions in Ukraine over the past week.

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At a key moment in the war, the US is rushing to get powerful Abrams tanks to Ukraine faster

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An M1A2 Abrams at the Army Armor School at Fort Benning in Georgia on April 29, 2022.

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Top US general predicts that much of the world's armies, navies, and air forces 'will be robotic' in 15 years, if not sooner

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MQ-9 Reaper San Clemente Island California
An MQ-9 Reaper on San Clemente Island in California on June 23. 2022.

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Top US general says it will be really hard and cost a lot of 'blood and treasure' for Ukraine to 'kick out every single Russian' invader

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Ukrainian servicemen from 24th brigade operate a BM-21 Grad near the frontlines of Toretsk, Ukraine on March 18, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen from 24th brigade operate a BM-21 Grad near the frontlines of Toretsk, Ukraine on March 18, 2023.

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China doesn't want Russia to 'go down in flames' in Ukraine because they need Putin to 'foil' US power, White House official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023.

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Putin has 'aggressively' tried to make China his ally because Russia is running out of ammo in Ukraine, a White House official said

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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks on the phone as part of a nationwide charity campaign, in Moscow on January 3, 2023.

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Unarmed Russian soldiers run into Ukrainian fire for the sole purpose of digging trenches or carrying ammunition. Those who refuse could be killed or imprisoned, report says.

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Two Ukrainian soldiers operating a gun.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at the frontline near Bakhmut on March 18, 2023.

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Ukraine says it shot down a Russian supersonic bomber over the war's bloodiest battlefield: video

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A composite image of two stills that per Ukrainian officials show the aftermath of the downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber near Bakhmut, shared March 15 2023. Left: a plume of smoke rises against a landscape.
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