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When a new Soviet aircraft crashed in the British sector of Berlin he kept a Soviet general at bay while the wreckage was examined

After they flipped and found a new home in a neighboring country. >> the story begins on the 24th of february. this was very scary, because we woke up from the bombs, from the sirens. >> reporter: kate and her friend our best friends, teenagers from odessa, ukraine. they are part of more than 300,000 refugees who found safety in the czech republic from russian troops who ravaged their homes. check support for refugees like kate has been tremendous, in part because of the countrys history from in...

It’s a bad time to be a Russian tanker.

The lessons of the Soviet retreat from Afghanistan.

So, its a very positive move for nato militarily and politically. >> british military intelligence said on sunday that russia has likely lost roughly one-third of the ground forces it committed to the war in ukraine. i mean, we dont know -- we cant verify that ourselves. president zelenskyy had said russia has lost as many as 27,000 forces inside ukraine. if that is true, theyve lost one-third. i mean, thats an astounding amount, isnt it, in so short a time. >> really high level loss. but the fi...

Russia’s May 9 commemoration of World War II will play a vital role in Vladimir Putin’s attempts to win his people over on the invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s Victory Day commemoration of World War II will play a vital role in Vladimir Putin’s attempts to win his people over on the invasion of Ukraine.

-- sharpens his message against the ultra maga agenda. well get to the new messaging. were also following the latest developments from ukraine. new reporting that intelligence given to ukraine by the united states has led to the deaths of many of the russian generals killed in action. senior officias told "the new york times" the assistance is part of a classified effort by the biden administration to give ukraine real-time battlefield intelligence. that includes anticipated russian troop move...

I think it is a pr stunt for him, for his internal audience. remember, jonathan, more than 15,000 russian troops have died in this campaign already over the last 70 days. thats the entirety of the amount of russian forces, soviet forces, that were lost during their multi-year campaign in afghanistan. so he has a very bad story on his hands. as russian mothers and fathers and siblings and even children grieve the losses of their fallen countrymen, i think its incumbent on putin to try to reverse ...

Modernisation programme, together with internal communist party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. moscow ran out of patience. after assassinating president amin, soviet forces poured into afghanistan and occupied the major cities. this was the first time