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FILE - In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman prepares to fire a howitzer toward Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP, File)

Trump’s 50-day ultimatum gives Russia a chance to wear down Ukraine

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Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers fly past a Russian flag at the Kremlin complex during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Attack deep inside Russia gives edge to Ukraine, puts pressure on Putin

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers fly past a Russian flag at the Kremlin complex during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian warplanes was a serious blow to the Kremlin’s strategic arsenal

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This photo released by Governor of Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev telegram channel on Sunday, June 1, 2025, shows a truck apparently used to release Ukrainian drones seen burning in the Irkutsk region, more than 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) from Ukraine. (Governor of Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev telegram channel via AP)

‘Russian Pearl Harbor’: Moscow stunned after Ukrainian drones hit 5 bases, destroy 40 aircraft

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A view the Red Square with the Historical Museum, right, and the Kremlin Towers in the background in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Forbes journalist in Russia has been detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says

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This handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024, shows Timur Ivanov, deputy defense minister, in Moscow. Ivanov, a top Russian military official was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe, authorities said Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Ivanov, one of Russia's 12 deputy defense ministers, was sanctioned by both the United States and the European Union in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Top Russian military official appears in court on bribery charges

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A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

By Erika Kinetz - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers practice on a tank during military training in Ukraine on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

U.S. debate on Ukraine contentious at best; lack of clear vision on victory over Russia breeds doubt

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A church personnel salvages items while helping clean up inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral after it was heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south

By Felipe Dana - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military

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This undated photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, in northern Mali. The Russian mercenary group that briefly rebelled against President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses. That dynamic is not expected to change now that the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been exiled to Belarus as punishment for the failed rebellion. Neither Russia nor the African leaders dependent on Wagner’s fighters have any interest in ending their relationships. (French Army via AP, File)

Fog of war: Crumbling Russian morale gives rare opening for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this grab taken from video and released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, June 23, 2023. The armed rebellion by a powerful mercenary group against the Russian military was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy’s ranks was an unexpected morale-boosting gift for Ukraine – at a time when its armed forces needed it the most. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. (AP Photo, File)

Uneasy calm, uncertain future as rattled Putin denounces ‘treacherous’ uprising

By Mike Glenn, David R. Sands and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on monitors as he addresses the nation after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, called for armed rebellion and reached the southern city of Rostov-on-Don with his troops, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. The armed rebellion by a powerful mercenary group against the Russian military was over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy’s ranks was an unexpected morale-boosting gift for Ukraine – at a time when its armed forces needed it the most. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Chaos in Russia is morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes on with early stages of counteroffensive

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

A man takes down the poster with writing reading "Join us at Wagner", which is associated with the owner of the Wagner private military contractor, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is seen above a highway on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (AP Photo)

Russian mercenaries’ short-lived revolt could have long-term consequences for Putin

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