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Albania offers ex-Soviet built naval base to NATO
The Pashaliman base located under the Vlora Bay was built in the 1950s when the Soviet Union brought 12 submarines.
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Flashpoints
Seoul: North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles toward sea
The launches were North Korea’s 17th round of missile firings this year.
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Russian troops plunge through Ukraine lines in Donbas as fighting enters decisive week
This week will be a decisive one for Ukraine’s prospects of holding the region — and Russia’s chances of seizing it.
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Biden: US would intervene with military to defend Taiwan
Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded.
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Belarusians join war seeking to free Ukraine and themselves
Belarusians are among those who have answered a call for foreign fighters to join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.
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US, South Korea open to expanded military drills to deter North
U.S. President Joe Biden said cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea shows “our readiness to take on all threats together.”
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Putin complains about barrage of cyberattacks
Putin charged that “an outright aggression has been unleashed against Russia, a war has been waged in the information space.”
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Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs
Hundreds more fighters have emerged from the Mariupol stronghold where they made their last stand and surrendered.
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Army veteran volunteers with bomb tech crews in Ukraine
Retired Army Lt. Col. John Culp is currently volunteering in Kyiv with the nonprofit Bomb Techs Without Borders.
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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum
“Ukraine can win this war,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.
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Finland to seek NATO entry in ‘new era’ amid Russia’s war
Finland’s president and government have announced that the Nordic country intends to apply for membership in NATO.
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Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce the U.S. military presence in the southern island group.
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Pentagon chief talks to Russian counterpart for first time since Ukraine war began
This is the first conversation between the two defense chiefs since Feb. 18, a week before the war started.
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Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
Russia lost significant numbers of troops and important equipment when Ukrainian forces thwarted their attempt to cross a river in the east, British officials said.
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North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles amid first virus outbreak
South Korea says North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in the latest of a series of weapons demonstrations this year.
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US leads exercise in North Macedonia, NATO’s newest member
Nearly 10,000 soldiers from 19 nations are taking part in NATO’s planned “Swift Response” exercises as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues for a 12th week.
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Alabama Marine veteran is volunteering in Ukraine
He’s been an instructor within a training unit that schools the Ukrainian armed forces in an intensive two-week military crash course before they’re sent to the front lines.
Dozens feared dead after Russian bomb levels Ukraine school
Dozens of Ukrainians are feared dead after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in eastern Ukraine.
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‘We’re so sorry’: Mariupol steel plant evacuees feel relief, grief
The steel plant has a maze of more than 30 bunkers and tunnels spread out over its 11 square kilometers (4 miles), and each bunker was its own world.
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See the weapons at Russia’s Victory Day parade rehearsal
Victory Day is a rare event in the nation’s divisive post-Soviet history that is revered by all political players, and the Kremlin has used that sentiment to encourage patriotic pride and underline Russia’s role as a global power.
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Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks
Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol, as Russian forces attempted to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising animosities
The launch comes days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal and threatened to use them against rivals.
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Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms
Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east.
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As a veteran that went to Ukraine, here’s what I saw
Military Times reporter and Marine veteran Rachel Nostrant chronicles her time in Ukraine.
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Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile
Can the U.S. sustain the cadence of shipping vast amounts of arms to Ukraine while maintaining the healthy stockpile it may need should conflict erupt with North Korea, Iran or elsewhere?
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Ukraine admits ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ fighter pilot is a myth
On social media, the “Ghost of Kyiv” was a military hero, an ace fighter pilot hailed for supposedly shooting down multiple Russian planes.
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