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Germany agrees to send its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine after weeks of pressure
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday his country will export more than a dozen of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. The move follows weeks of pressure from western allies.
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A former high-level FBI agent faces charges for aiding a sanctioned Russian oligarch
Charles McGonigal, the former special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York office, allegedly worked with Oleg Deripaska, who has been on the U.S. sanctions list since 2018.
Russia has amassed a shadow fleet to ship its oil around sanctions
Russia would have to use tankers willing to get around sanctions to ship its crude to Asia. It's known in the oil industry as a "shadow fleet."
Germany signals it hasn't ruled out sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Western defense officials are meeting to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. Germany has resisted their efforts to persuade the country to export its Leopard 2 tanks, or allow others to do so.
Funerals begin for dozens of people killed in an attack on a Dnipro apartment complex
Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Mykhailo Korenovsky, a beloved boxing coach and father who was killed in a missile strike on an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine.
The U.K. pledges tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles target multiple cities
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also promised to provide artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting Kyiv and a number of other Ukrainian cities.
What Putin's shake-up of top commanders could mean for the war in the Ukraine
Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.
Russia is touting a rare military victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim
Control of Soledar could allow Russia to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to nearby Bakhmut, another fiercely contested city seen as central to Russia's struggling efforts to control eastern Ukraine.