Russia's increasingly turning to fast ATVs and motorbikes to find Ukrainian targets, but they're very vulnerable

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A Ukrainian serviceman drives a quad bike on a road that leads to the town of Chasiv Yar, in the Donetsk region, on March 30, 2024.
A Ukrainian serviceman drives a quad bike on a road that leads to the town of Chasiv Yar, in the Donetsk region, on March 30, 2024.

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Russia is exploiting Ukraine's lack of manpower to thin out the front line and seek a breakthrough, military expert says

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A Ukrainian gunner firing at a Russian position with BM 21
A Ukrainian BM 21 "Grad" MLRS firing at a Russian position near the town of Kupyansk, Kharkiv, on April 18, 2024.

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Ukraine's air defenses are struggling and shot down just 30% of Russian missiles last month, report says

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A Patriot air missile system fire-tested at a naval base in San Antonio, Philippines
A Patriot air missile system being tested at a naval base in San Antonio, Philippines, on April 25, 2023.

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US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine

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Soldiers standing next to military vehicles on the day Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meets with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade's base, in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2024.
Soldiers at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade's base, Poland.

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A Russian drone unit is recruiting members of the Kremlin elite so they can 'sidestep' military service on the front, UK intel says

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View of The national flag of the Russian Federation with view of The Moscow Kremlin's Walls and St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia

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A wargame simulated a 2nd Trump presidency. It concluded NATO would collapse.

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US soldiers participated in the DEFENDER 24 exercise in the Czech Republic intended to strengthen the NATO alliance.
US soldiers participated in the DEFENDER 24 exercise in the Czech Republic intended to strengthen the NATO alliance.

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Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries may be proving the Biden Administration wrong, experts say

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Firefighters extinguish oil tanks at a storage facility that local authorities say caught fire after the military brought down a Ukrainian drone, in the town of Klintsy in the Bryansk Region, Russia January 19, 2024.

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Russia keeps accidentally dropping bombs on its own people as it struggles to hit intended targets, UK intel says

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Russian Su-34 fighter jet
A Russian Su-34 fighter jet.

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Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the USAF, says defense analyst

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A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet
A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset in eastern Ukraine.

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US F-16s could play a vital role in isolating Crimea and humiliating Putin, says defense analyst

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Netherlands' Air Force F-16 jetfighters participate in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members' sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023.
The Dutch are set to deliver more than a dozen F-16s to Ukraine in the fall.

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