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A U.S.-donated Bradley infantry fighting vehicle () has "destroyed" two Russian armored personnel carriers in eastern Ukraine, new footage appears to show, after Kyiv reported intense fighting on the eastern front lines.The Bradley, operated by Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade, took out two Russian wheeled personnel carriers, Ukraine's Defense…

Russia's newly installed defense minister "heavily overestimated Russian advances in Ukraine" since the start of the year, according to a new assessment, as clashes rage on along the hundreds of miles of front line in the war-torn country.On Friday, Andrei Belousov, who took over as Russian defense minister in mid-May, said that Russia had…

Russia’s military assertion and direct interventions in its near-abroad have become one of the defining features of the 21st century. After years of being on the back foot in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s breakup, Moscow has been making a seemingly ever-expanding series of dramatic moves to reestablish some form of its lost security…

SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday that it caught groups from Russia, China, Iran and Israel using its technology to try to influence political discourse around the world, highlighting concerns that generative artificial intelligence is making it easier for state actors to run covert propaganda campaigns as the 2024 presidential…

Politics By Josh Christenson Published May 29, 2024, 11:59 a.m. ET The leading Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee is bucking his party’s isolationist leanings and urging an increase of $55 billion in defense spending to counter Chinese, Russian and Iranian aggression. Roger Wicker…

Putin will be made to pay to rebuild Ukraine, says US secretary of stateFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsBelgium has pledged to send more than two dozen F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as part of a near €1 billion (£832 million) military…

Hungary continues to veto EU military assistance to Ukraine, preventing member states from getting their donations partially reimbursed. ADVERTISEMENTForeign affairs ministers of the European Union did not mince words on Monday when expressing their exasperation about Hungary's long-running veto on military assistance for Ukraine,…

For the first half-dozen years of her pro career, Daria Kasatkina was known as an ascending player, whose tennis was predicated on brains, not brawn, using her racket less as a high-powered weapon than a scalpel. She was known throughout tennis by her nickname, Dasha. She was not known for being political, or particularly outspoken.Then, in…

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks while presiding over a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the Treasury Department on May 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that European banks face growing risks operating in Russia and the U.S. is…

U.S. officials are reportedly bracing for a potentially explosive North Korean military action backed by Russia right before the November presidential election, which could seriously influence voters’ choice to re-elect Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Six senior U.S. officials told NBC News that the Biden administration has been wary of the military…