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Russia has invaded its neighbor, Ukraine, despite strong international condemnation and severe sanctions from the West. Here are the latest developments.

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Ukrainian pilots will learn to fly F-16s at US Air Force’s 162nd Wing

Ukrainian pilots with prior experience flying other fighters could learn to fly the F-16 in as short as five months, the Air Force said.

People look at a large column of burnt out and captured Russian tanks and infantry carriers which have been on display on the central Khreshchatyk boulevard as Ukrainians mark Independence Day, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.

Ukraine marks Independence Day and vows to keep fighting Russia

Ukraine is marking its second Independence Day since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

A Norwegian air force F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004.

NATO member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

Norway would be the third country after the Netherlands and Denmark to donate F-16 planes.

In this image taken from video, smoke and flames rise from a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

US intel believes ‘intentional’ blast downed Wagner chief’s plane

A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment found the crash presumed to have killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion.

Remnants of Iranian-made drones recovered from Iraq and Ukraine are seen here at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters Aug. 23, 2023.

How Iranian drones found in Iraq, Ukraine reflect its growing ambitions

Recovered remnants of Shahed-101 and Shahed-131 drones were shown to reporters during a briefing at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters.

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In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, June 24, 2023, the top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal to armed rebellion at the unknown location.

Russian general linked to mercenary group chief reportedly dismissed

Russian media reports Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Moscow's forces in Ukraine, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force.

An investigator examines a damaged skyscraper in Moscow City business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks

The Ukrainian intelligence agency also claimed it had destroyed a key Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense system in occupied Crimea.

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

This image released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, shows the crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver Region.

Mercenary chief who mutinied against Putin on crashed plane–officials

Russia’s civil aviation agency says mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow. All 10 people aboard were killed.

Kyiv saboteurs were behind drone attacks on Russian air bases–report

The attacks on Russian airfields on Saturday and Monday destroyed two Russian bombers and damaged two other aircraft, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Poland says Russia’s moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says moving the weapons will shift the security architecture of the region and the entire NATO military alliance.

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy thanks Danes in person for F-16s

Denmark and the Netherlands announced that they will provide Kyiv with F-16 warplanes that could be delivered around the end of the year.

By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press

The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

The Netherlands on Friday said the United States had given its approval to deliver Dutch F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine’s air force.

By Mike Corder

Ukraine will get F-16 fighter jets from Dutch, Danes after US agrees

It was not immediately clear when the first F-16s might enter the conflict as Ukrainian pilots will also have to undertake at least six months’ training.

Ukraine war prompts new US air tactics in Europe

Countering anti-access, area-denial capabilities has become U.S. Air Forces in Europe boss Gen. James Hecker's top priority.

By Rachel S. Cohen

Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again

Kyiv has increasingly used those terminals for grain transport to Europe after Moscow broke off a key wartime export deal through the Black Sea.

By Hanna Arhirova and Susie Blann, Associated Press

Czechs ratify US treaty making it easier to deploy US troops there

The document sets a legal framework for possible deployment of U.S. troops in the country at a time of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

By AP Staff

Russia unleashes a country-wide missile barrage on Ukraine

The barrage came hours before Russian military officials and their counterparts from Asia, the Middle East and Africa gathered for a security conference.

By Illia Novikov

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