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To hit deep inside Russia, Ukraine has built its own drones

4:12am November 21, 2024

by Greg Myre

President Biden has now given Ukraine permission to use U.S. ballistic missiles inside Russia. While it was waiting, Ukraine built its own drones that can strike far across the border.

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Ukraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed

3:51am August 30, 2024

The crash was the first reported loss of an F-16 in Ukraine, where they arrived at the end of last month. At least six of the warplanes are believed to have been delivered.

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Near Ukraine's front line, a devastated community takes stock after Russian advances

7:01am July 20, 2024

For the last 10 weeks, a battle has raged for a small northeastern Ukrainian border town just five miles from Russia. After delays, Western military aid helped stall Russia's assault.

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'We're inside the 10-yard line': Secretary of state on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

9:40pm July 19, 2024

Antony Blinken talks speaks on everything from the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, to the war in Ukraine and what the U.S. is doing to bring home Americans detained in Russia.

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Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next

12:08pm June 21, 2024

While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.

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Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips

6:42am June 20, 2024

by The Associated Press

Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine's front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips just across the border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Joanna Kakissis

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.

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