With unusual new shields, Ukraine's US-made Abrams tanks and Bradleys are taking hits but surviving, armorer says

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An M2 Bradley fighting vehicle with protective screens.
An M2 Bradley fighting vehicle with protective screens in August.

Courtesy of Rinat Ahkmetov's Steel Front

India's refusal to take a side in the Ukraine war is frustrating the West. But it has its reasons.

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Indian PM Narendra Modi hugs Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a trip to Kyiv.
Indian PM Narendra Modi hugs Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Modi has exchanged warm words with both Ukraine's and Russia's leaders.

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Russia feels unfamiliar pain as Ukraine hobbles its air defenses, forcing tough choices

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Two Russian S-400 air defense systems on the back of trucks are parked in a snowy field with some trees around them.
S-400 defense systems, sent by Russia, at the Brestsky training ground near Brest, Belarus.

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The US Army is telling its soldiers 'you have to look up' as it watches Abrams tanks face new threats in Ukraine

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An Abrams tanks firing on a training range of dirt against green trees.
An Abrams tank fires on a simulated enemy position on Red Cloud Range at Fort Moore, Georgia, in April 2024.

US Army photo by Patrick A. Albright

Russia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan.

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Three Russian submarines are spotted in the ocean during training exercises near Vladivostok in Russia.
Russian submarines training near Vladivostok in 2023. Russia may be targeting undersea cables that enable global electronic communications.

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A US Air Force squadron tinkered with the electronic warfare systems on Ukraine's new F-16s so they could fight evolving Russian threats

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A view from ground level of a fighter jet taking off from a grassy field with flowers.
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 takes off from an undisclosed location.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine carried out its first test of a new weapon, its first ballistic missile

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena attend a service in Saint Sophia Cathedral during a celebration of the Ukrainian Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug.

Russia's largest attack on Ukraine just showed that its Black Sea Fleet is still dangerous despite its heavy losses

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A warship fires missiles on the open ocean.
This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in July 2024 shows long-range Kalibr cruise missiles launched by a Russian military ship from an unknown location.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP, File

What is Telegram and why did France just arrest its CEO?

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Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram, onstage at a U.S. tech conference in 2015
French authorities arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, seen here in 2015.

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Videos of Russian soldiers appearing to surrender en masse suggest inexperience and desperation, experts say

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A still from a video shows Russian solders firing a large self-propelled gun, causing a large explosion.
Russian soldiers fire a Giatsint-S self-propelled gun toward Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of Russia.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP

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