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The battlefield advances come as nations pledge more arms for Kyiv ahead of a spring offensive.

The Wagner group is doing what the regular Russian military can’t. But it’s still losing.

Tehran’s unmanned aerial devices sometimes can outperform Western counterparts—but not always.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had wanted a war on the cheap in Ukraine. But he has now called for mobilization. The move is incredibly dangerous, not least for Putin himself.

The Ukrainian forces apparently figured out how to set off an explosion inside this Russian tank that is so destructive that it frequently rips the turret right off the vehicle.

As Russian troops step up their offensive in Ukraine, the governor of Donetsk in Ukraine is urging the 350,000 remaining residents to evacuate from the last eastern province partly under Ukraine's control. Meanwhile, Russian shelling pounded the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Michael Kofman, senior fellow for Russian studies at the Center for Naval Analyses, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

Incredible footage captures the obliteration of a Russian tank outside Mariupol. The clip shot by Chinese state TV shows the sudden blast, which wiped out Putins weapon of war instantaneously

Non-commissioned officers, long the “backbone” of the U.S. military, are proving even more crucial on modern battlefields.

Unlike in Western tanks, Russian vehicles store up to 40 shells in a carousel at the base of the turret, making them extremely vulnerable in what is known as the jack-in-the-box effect.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has estimated that Russia has lost as many as 580 tanks since the beginning of its offensive against Ukraine. Here's what is causing the tanks to explode.