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Reconditioned T-62s awaiting shipment to the Ukraine front.Via social media Twice in three days this month, analysts who work hard to tally every confirmable destruction or capture of a Russian tank or fighting vehicle have counted, among Russian losses, at least one tank from every technological generation of Soviet and Russian army stretching…

Ukraine says shipment of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles was destroyed in transit to the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.Ukraine has reported the destruction of “multiple” Russian cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail to Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea. Ukraine’s military agency said late on Monday that multiple Kalibr cruise…

On his way to Moscow, China’s president is trying to cast Beijing as a peacemaker after more than a year of war.Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is due to arrive in Moscow later on Monday for talks, has called for a “rational way” out of the Ukraine crisis but has acknowledged it will not be easy to reach a solution. Writing in the Russian…

(CNN) With its balmy beaches, laid back lifestyles and holiday vibe, the tropical paradise of Bali has much to offer any world weary traveler -- let alone those fleeing a war zone.…

DAYTON, Ohio — Dorian Jones could sense his opponents playing for something more than basketball.For three quarters Friday night in the OHSAA Division IV state semifinals, Russia gave Richmond Heights all it could handle and nearly ended the Spartans’ 47-game winning streak.Instead, it was pushed to 48 and Richmond Heights can continue its state…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced $150 million (€141 million) in humanitarian aid for the Sahel region, including democratic Niger. Blinken is the highest-ranking US official to visit the former French colony. "Niger is a young democracy in a challenging part of the world," Blinken told a news conference in the capital,…

"Ukraine matters," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III flatly said during a Pentagon news conference today. The secretary and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to the media following the 10th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — a group of nations working to supply…

Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, an advisor to Gallos Technologies and author of the upcoming book “Goodbye, Globalization.” Saying goodbye isn’t easy. Hundreds of companies have announced they’re leaving Russia since its invasion of Ukraine began — yet many of them seem to have remained…

Kupiansk, Ukraine(CNN) The artillery fire gets worse at night, so Liuba and her husband hold hands. It keeps them safe, she says with a sad nod of her head. She's standing in what's left of her garden after…

Ukraine and Russia say thousands have been killed or badly wounded as each side battles for control of the town.Ukraine and Russia have reported heavy casualties as the slow, grinding fight for control of the salt-mining town of Bakhmut continues in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine controls the area to the west of the now ruined and nearly deserted…