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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at the plenary session of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Putin rules out using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

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A passerby looks at a car damaged by Russian shelling in central Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battle against the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine attacks Russia’s hold on southern city of Kherson

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022. A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian court rejects Griner appeal against 9-year sentence

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Progressives withdraw letter urging Biden to negotiate with Putin, say its release was a mistake

By Dave Boyer and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Catherine, 75, pushes her walker loaded with plastic bottles after refilling them in a tank, in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Since mid-April, citizens of Mykolaiv, with a pre-war population of half a million people, have lived without a centralized drinking water supply. Russian Forces cut off the pipeline through which the city received drinking water for the last 40 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

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An instrument for detecting radiation is seen on a map of the New York area during an exercise to intercept radioactive "dirty bombs" in waterways near New York, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Dirty bombs have long been feared as a potential weapon of terrorists because their main objective is to sow panic, confusion and anxiety by hurling radioactive dust and smoke into the atmosphere. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Biden warns Moscow not to deploy dirty bomb in Ukraine, says Brittney Griner case a work in progress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, gestures as he visits with Deputy Commander of the Airborne Troops Anatoly Kontsevoy, right, a military training centre of the Western Military District for mobilised reservists in Ryazan Region, Russia, on Oct. 20, 2022. Moscow after a string of battlefield defeats and other setbacks, further cornering Russian President Vladimir Putin and setting the stage for an escalation. Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Dirty tricks: U.S., allies denounce Russian bomb claim as disinformation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this photo posted by the mayor of Mykolaiv on his Telegram channel, a residential building is seen damaged following night shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. A nearby 10-story residential building was also damaged. The windows and doors were blown out by debris and the blast wave, and the balconies were damaged. No victims reported. (Operational Command South via AP)

Russia’s defense chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ provocation

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Soldiers salute as the Ukrainian national anthem is played at the funeral of Colonel Oleksiy Telizhenko in Bucha, near in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. In March, Colonel Oleksiy was abducted by Russian soldiers from his home in Bucha, six months later his body was found with signals of torture buried in a forest not far away from his village. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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Firefighters carry the body of a person killed after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

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Firefighters carry the body of a person killed after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)

Relentless Russian attacks take out Ukrainian power, water stations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Police officers stand next to the body of a man killed after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

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In this handout photo taken from video released by OSTOROZHNO NOVOSTI, flames and smoke rise from the scene where a warplane crashed into a residential area in Yeysk, Russia, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The Russian military says one of its warplanes crashed in the port of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov after experiencing engine failure. The Russian Defense Ministry said that a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential area in Yeysk and caused a fire on Monday. (OSTOROZHNO NOVOSTI via AP)

Russian warplane crashes into Sea of Azov city, killing 2

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A man reacts near the body of his cousin, killed in a Russian rocket attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

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Locals receive food and everyday necessities given by Ukrainian volunteers in Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Residents in Izium have been living with no gas, electricity or running water supply since the beginning of September. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev during their meeting on sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Despite threats, Putin knows tactical nukes would be ‘suicidal,’ Poland’s envoy says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A man carries his bike past a rocket crater under a pedestrian bridge, after Monday rocket attack in center Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

An injured man receives medical treatment at the scene of Russian shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city's Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

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Chinese President Xi Jinping adjusts his jacket as he attends a dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People on the eve of the National Day holiday in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chairman Xi? Party congress set to hand Chinese leader unprecedented power

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times