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Bring the Kids and Grab Some Barbecue: A Day at the Ukrainian Drone Races

Competitions that give soldiers a brief break from the front have a festival-like atmosphere, a mix of potentially deadly weapons and frolicking children.

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An audience watched the Wild Drones military drone-flying competition in Truskavets, Ukraine, last month.
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U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe

The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO.

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An American F-16 jet at Andravida air base, Greece, last year.
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The War in Ukraine Has Now Gone On Longer Than World War I

Parallels between the two wars abound, from the grinding nature of the fighting to the way new technologies reshaped warfare.

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A Ukrainian soldier in Kostiantynivka, a city ravaged by drone warfare, in January.
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Senior Russian Military Official Is Killed in Car Explosion Near Moscow

The death of the officer appeared to add to a string of targeted assassinations of high-profile opponents of Ukraine inside Russia.

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Wreckage after an explosion in the city of Balashikha, east of Moscow, on Tuesday.
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A Twist in Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Is ‘Really Hurting the Russians’

Midrange attacks, using upgraded drones that Ukraine produces in huge numbers, are causing fuel shortages and complicating troop rotations.

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Soldiers preparing to launch drones at targets in Russia from an undisclosed location in Ukraine last month.
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Ukraine’s Neighbors Seek Shelter as More and More Drones Fly Overhead

Drones launched by both Russia and Ukraine are veering off course, menacing countries that are not at war.

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Ligita Visockiene, the principal of a primary school in Vilnius, Lithuania, in a room the school uses as a shelter. The school has detailed plans for what to do in the event of attack but, she added, “We never thought we would have to actually use the plan.”
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A ‘Miraculous Transformation’: How Kim Jong-un Fortified North Korea

He used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energized its economy by leveraging Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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Kim Jong-un arriving at the Dong Dang railway station in Vietnam, near the Chinese border, in 2019.
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