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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, gestures as he speaks to Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov prior to a meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov and Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov during their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Putin fires No. 2 at Russia’s Defense Ministry after ousting Sergi Shoigu from top military spot

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, escorted by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrives for a meeting with Cabinet members in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 6, 2024. Putin thanked Cabinet ministers for their work ahead of his inauguration Tuesday. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

Putin reappoints his prime minister, a technocrat who has kept a low political profile

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In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP, File)

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, head to a banquet hall of the ruling Workers’ Party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Russia sends SOS with ‘Victory Day’ visit, casts aside reputation to get support for war in Ukraine

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says is Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 8, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Seventy years on, North Korea tells its own story of a war and its aftermath

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, visits a liberation war martyrs cemetery in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, July 25, 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un meets with Russian defense minister on military cooperation

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, July 3, 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu speaks at the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation during a videoconference with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces in Moscow, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian defense chief credits troops’ loyalty for failed Wagner Group mutiny

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this handout image taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, May 5, 2023, head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of multiple bodies lying on the ground in an unknown location. The owner of Russia's private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on Friday threatened to pull out Wagner forces from the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, accusing Russia's military command of starving the group of ammunition. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP)

Who is the head of the mercenary group calling for an armed rebellion in Russia?

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)

U.S., Russian military chiefs resume contact to discuss drone

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press

A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

‘That’s U.S. property’: Pentagon races to find drone wreckage as Russia launches recovery mission

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People receive bread at humanitarian aid center in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

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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 image made from a video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Putin sets partial military call-up, says he won’t ‘bluff’ on nukes

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

This handout photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, July 18, 2022, shows Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, listening during a meeting during inspection of the Vostok battlegroup at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russian minister says U.S. missiles a prime target in Ukraine bombing campaign

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times