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The string of suspicious deaths — Alexey Navalny and the Russian pilot who defected with a Mi-8 helicopter — show power and weakness.

Chinese banks are tightening compliance checks with Russian businesses as they fear getting caught up in secondary sanctions.

Located near the Arctic Circle, the IK-3 prison colony known as Polar Wolf is infamous for its brutal conditions.

The wage rise is due to a labor shortage following the war and an exodus of workers.

Alexey Navalny "felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness," according to a statement by the Russian prison service.

Some 150,000 to 190,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine. Another million Russians have fled their homeland.

"Tank losses since the full-scale invasion began now likely top 3,000 vehicles," said the chief of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Elon Musk refuted Ukraine's claim that Starlink is being used Russians, saying that the Space X satellites do not operate in Russia.

Donald Trump said he would encourage Russia to do "whatever the hell they want" to non-paying NATO countries.

These images show the mural-like decoys Russian airmen have painted at bases inside Russia and within occupied Ukraine.

Cats have played a key role in helping Ukraine's military raise funds while also providing crucial morale support to soldiers on the front lines.

Russia has a manpower advantage over Ukraine, and tensions are growing in Ukrainian leadership over how to boost troop numbers.

Funding for public utilities made up just 2.2% of Russia's total expenditure in 2023. Meanwhile, Moscow blew 21% of its budget on defense.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said North Korea is sending a million artillery rounds to Russia, while Ukraine struggles for supplies from its own allies.

"It is Ukraine today. Taiwan could be tomorrow.," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech at the Heritage Foundation.

The video, shared by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, appears to show the ground drone firing its Shablya M2 machine gun at a Russian outpost.

Russia is developing an arsenal of electronic warfare systems in a bid to sever Ukraine's access to Starlink satellites, analysts say.

"There's no world in which Putin can be allowed to win," UK defense secretary Grant Shapps wrote in an op-ed for Politico.

The Russian government said capital controls ordered by Putin in October are effective and should be extended. Russia's central bank disagrees.