Russia's economic strength will last another 18 months before unraveling as Putin grapples with policy 'trilemma,' think tank says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a glass during a ceremony of receiving diplomatic credentials from foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

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Ukraine aid will kill Russian momentum, but won't win it the war

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Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024.

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Russia may ramp up attacks on Ukraine to capitalize on the limited window it has before new US aid arrives: ISW

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Ukrainian gunners firing at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian gunners firing at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region.

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Vital US arms and ammo could reach Ukraine in days once Senate passes military aid bill as expected, Pentagon says

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L: Demonstrators hold Kazakhstani, US, and Ukrainian flags outside the Capitol after the House of Representatives voted on legislation providing $95 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan at Capitol Hill, April 20, 2024. R: Military aid, delivered as part of the United States' security assistance to Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv, Ukraine, February 13, 2022.
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US considers deploying extra military advisors to Ukraine as Russia looks set to ramp up offensives

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Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder.

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Russia's military is allergic to the deep reforms it needs

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Russia's Ukraine invasion revealed that its vaunted military modernization under Russian leader Vladimir Putin was a failure.

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These 112 House Republicans voted against Ukraine aid

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Reps. Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz all voted against a bill to provide more than $60 billion in further aid to Ukraine.
Reps. Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, and Matt Gaetz all voted against a more than $60 billion bill to provide aid to Ukraine.

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Marjorie Taylor Green mocked by fellow lawmaker calling on her to be appointed as 'Putin's Special Envoy'

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(L → R) Jared Moskowitz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Vladimir Putin.
(L to R) Jared Moskowitz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Vladimir Putin.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signals Putin's plan to seize Kharkiv and create a 'sanitary zone'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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Everything you need to know about the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber plane and how Ukraine said it shot one down in war first

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A Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian air forces flies over the Mediterranean after taking off from the Hemeimeem Air Base in Syria, on Feb. 19, 2022.
A Tu-22M3 bomber.

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