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In this image from video, Wu Qian, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson, speaks during a Defense Ministry press conference held in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Borg Wong)

High-ranking military official in China suspended and placed under investigation

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In this image made from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a Russian sniper, in an undisclosed location, fires towards Ukrainian forces. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

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Ukrainian servicemen examine fragments of a Russian military plane that was shot down on the outskirts of Kostyantynivka, a near-front line city in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Ukraine shoots down a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press conference with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photo via AP)

Zelenskyy hopes for quick U.S. action as another arms depot is hit in Russia

By Tony Hicks - Associated Press

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral at the Beloostrovskoye Cemetery outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 24, 2022, of Dmitry Menshikov, one of his mercenaries who died fighting in Ukraine. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June 2023 mounted a brief armed rebellion that was the most serious challenge to the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo, File)

A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, prior to their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says it downed 10 U.S.-supplied missiles over Crimea as Blinken visits Kyiv

By Matthew Lee and Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by Ivanovo Novosti Telegram Channel on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, a flame seen from a Russian military Il-76 transport plane outside Ivanovo, Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry says that a military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed while taking off from an air base in western Russia. (Ivanovo Novosti Telegram Channel via AP)

A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on takeoff, officials say

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In this handout photo taken from validated UGC video show flames rising from the scene of a warplane crashed at a residential area near Yablonovo, Belgorod region, Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2024. Russia says a military transport plane that was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war has crashed in a Russian region near Ukraine. (Validated UGC video via AP)

Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane, killing 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard

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Two soldiers fold the national flag during the daily flag ceremony in Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 30, 2022. Taiwan said Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Taiwan says 6 Chinese balloons flew through its airspace and warplanes and ships also detected

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

A firefighter carries a man from a damaged residential building after a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Russian ballistic missiles strike Ukraine’s largest cities, killing at least 4 and injuring over 100

By Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

U.S. military personnel work near F-35 fighter jets of the Vermont Air National Guard, parked in the military base at Skopje Airport, North Macedonia, on Friday, June 17, 2022. The Czech government on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 approved a Defense Ministry plan to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets in a deal worth some 150 billion Czech crowns ($6.5 billion). (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, file)

Czech government approved defense ministry plan to acquire two dozen U.S. F-35 fighter jets

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts routine underway operations in the Taiwan Strait, on Sept. 9, 2023. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell/U.S. Navy via AP)

Taiwan says China is bolstering coastline military bases facing the self-ruled island

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

This photo shows an exterior view of the Defense Ministry of Japan with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. A panel of experts that investigated harassment cases in Japan's military and Defense Ministry said Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, it found widespread coverups and reluctance among supervisors to deal with cases, and recommended fundamental improvements. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japanese government panel finds rampant coverups, mishandling of harassment cases in military

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

The Olenegorsky Gornyak warship stands moored at a harbour of Novorossiysk, Russia, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Russia accused Ukraine early Friday Aug. 4, 2023 of attacking its Black Sea navy base in the port of Novorossiysk with sea drones. The mayor of Novorossiysk, Andrey Kravchenko, said the crews of the Olenegorsky Gornyak and Suvorovets ships “immediately reacted to the attack and helped to avoid consequences.” (AP Photo)

Ukrainian official says drones hit naval ship in Russian port. It’s the latest attack inside Russia

By Hanna Arhirova and Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Prigozhin's troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. (AP Photo)

Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls

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In this photo taken from video, people gather to look at military vehicles parked in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. Russia's security services have responded to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's declaration of an armed rebellion by calling for his arrest. In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin took the threat, security was heightened in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and other regions. (AP Photo)

Live Updates | Armed rebellion by Russian mercenary chief

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FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2022. Japan's defense spending will jump 20% to a record 6.8 trillion yen ($55 billion) next year as the country prepares to deploy U.S.-made Tomahawks and other long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea under a more offensive security strategy. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan signs $2.8B long-range missile development deals

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

The light trail is seen in Goyang, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. South Korea's military confirmed it test-fired a solid-fueled rocket on Friday, after its unannounced launch triggered brief public scare of a suspected UFO appearance or a North Korean missile or drone flying. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s unannounced rocket launch causes UFO scare

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures while speaking to Chairman of National People's Congress Li Zhanshu during their talks on the sideline of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Egor Aleyev/TASS News Agency Host Pool Photo via AP)

China-Russia war games underway near Japan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this undated file photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. Australia on Sunday, June 5, 2022, said a Chinese J-16 fighter jet carried out dangerous maneuvers threatening the safety of one of its maritime surveillance planes over the South China Sea. (Taiwan Ministry of Defense via AP, File)

Australia says China threatened plane over South China Sea

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