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Russia cannot replace its Tu-95 Bear bombers — and Ukraine has destroyed about a dozen of them

Ukraine’s June 2025 Operation Spiderweb destroyed roughly 7 Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers and damaged 2 others in a single ...

Power outages recorded in Ukraine's Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia region, media say

TOKYO, May 22 () - The Russia-controlled part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency power blackouts on ...

The Iran war boosted Russia's oil income, but money isn't Putin's biggest problem

Crude oil futures have jumped over 40% since the Iran war started. The US has also temporarily eased some sanctions pressure ...

Xi welcomes Putin and touts "unyielding" ties on heels of Trump's visit

China's Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin in Beijing, touted the countries' "unyielding" ties, and took a loosely veiled jab ...

Russia promises ‘active support’ for Cuba, blasting US ‘sanctions noose’

Russia has promised to provide “active support” to Cuba as the U.S. seeks to tighten its economic grip on the island’s ...

Ukraine is testing out cheap new interceptor missiles to battle Russia's jet-powered attack drones

Ukraine's defense minister said the goal is to scale production and build a sufficient stockpile before the fall.

Russia holds nuclear drills on land, sea and air, joined by its ally Belarus

Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ...

Lukashenka offers to meet Zelenskyy as Ukraine warns of Russia's new offensive through Belarus

Zelenskyy earlier warned Belarus of “consequences” over possible deeper involvement in Russia’s all-out war amid growing ...