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ReutersNorth Korea's suicide soldiers pose new challenge for Ukraine in war with Russia
After a battle in Russia's snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers. But it is among mounting evidence from the battlefield, intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme measures as they support Russia's three-year war with Ukraine. "Self-detonation and suicides: that's the reality about North Korea," said Kim, a 32-year-old former North Korean soldier who defected to the South in 2022, requesting he only be identified by his surname due to fears of reprisals against his family left in the North.
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Ukraine says it carried out its 'largest attack' on Russian military facilities with missiles and drones
Ukrainian forces used missiles and drones on Tuesday to target sensitive military and energy sites across Russia.
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Israel's Air Force blazes air superiority path to Iran's border
Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.
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Ukraine launches largest attack of war so far, Kyiv claims
Officials in several Russian regions, some hundreds of kilometres from the border, reported strikes overnight.
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Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said Monday.
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Russia's unjammable drones are causing chaos. A tech firm says it has a fix to help Ukraine fight back.
Fiber-optic drones are highly dangerous, as they can't be jammed with traditional electronic warfare and are difficult to detect.
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Ukraine Strikes Russian Energy, Military Facilities Overnight
(Bloomberg) -- Swarms of Ukrainian drones attacked energy and military facilities across central Russia and the Volga region overnight, according to a Ukrainian Security Service official.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyA Blueprint for Better Bike LanesAs E-Bikes Boom in NYC, Some Call for More RegulationsDrones targeted two chemical plants in the Tula and Bryansk regions, hit an ammunition warehouse at the Engels airfield in the Saratov region an
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Ukraine fires US, British missiles into Russia, launches one of largest drone attacks so far
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six U.S.-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date. After Ukraine first launched ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia last year, Moscow responded on Nov. 21 by launching a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile known as "Oreshnik", or Hazel Tree, at Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visits
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal ending the nearly three-year war with Russia.
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Kyiv and Seoul look to 2 captured North Korean soldiers as potential source for valuable intelligence
Two North Korean soldiers are in custody in Kyiv, bandaged up and under interrogation, after being wounded on the battlefield in Kursk, Russia, over the weekend. For the Ukrainian military, their capture represents an opportunity to gain insight into the thousands of North Korean soldiers sent by Pyongyang to bolster Russian forces in their fight against Ukraine.Meanwhile, for South Korea, the first prisoners of war could represent an intelligence coup, in a time when fewer people are defecting
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A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted central Israel, sending people into bomb shelters
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted central Israel early Tuesday, sounding sirens and causing people to flee into bomb shelters.
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NATO boss to Europe: Spend more on defense, move to New Zealand, or learn Russian
NATO allies are facing an intensified threat from Russia, Mark Rutte said.
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Iran's navy unveils its first signals intelligence ship
Iran's navy received its first signals intelligence ship on Wednesday, semi-official Tasnim news organisation reported, a few days after the country's army took delivery of 1,000 new drones. The Zagros is a new category of military vessel equipped with electronic sensors and the ability to intercept cyber-operations and conduct intelligence monitoring, Tasnim said. "The Zagros signals intelligence ship will be the watchful eye of Iran's navy in the seas and oceans," Navy Commander Shahram Irani said.
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Cable-slicing ships show Russia pressing on a Western weak spot
Old tankers are damaging crucial subsea cables using their anchors. Analysts say it's likely deliberate.
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European defense heavyweights say meeting Trump's military spending target won't be easy
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The defense ministers of Europe's five top military spenders said Monday they want to continue increasing their investments in defense but described meeting President-elect Donald Trump's challenge for them to raise spending to 5% of their overall economic output as complicated.
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Canada settles class-action lawsuit by military members who alleged racism in uniform
OTTAWA — The federal government has settled a class-action lawsuit with military members who were subjected to racism during their time in the Armed Forces.
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Massive Russian missile attack forces Ukraine to introduce preventive power cuts
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts, the Ukrainian energy minister said.
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'Your husband's being tortured, and it's your fault'
The wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war explains how Russia attempted to recruit her for sabotage.
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Russia says its forces capture two settlements in eastern Ukraine
Russian troops pressing their slow advance through eastern Ukraine took control of two settlements in Donetsk region, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. Moscow's forces captured Terny, near the town of Siversk, one of the focal points of Russia's campaign through Donetsk region, and Neskuchne farther south, a ministry report said.
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NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region.