Ukraine lost an F-16 and a top pilot after one of the fighter jets crashed while battling Russian missiles

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A Ukrainian air force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on August 4.
A Ukrainian air force F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on August 4, 2024.

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Ukraine's invasion of Russia would be going even better if the West ended its weapons restrictions, war experts say

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Two Storm Shadow missiles just after they were dropped from a jet over brown fields.
Ukrainian air-force footage showing the launch of a Storm Shadow missile.

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Putin and Kim Jong Un's new alliance is proving to be a win-win

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Kim Jong Un and Putin in Pyongyang.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Pyongyang in June, 2024.

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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.

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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.
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