Senators question if $20 billion, part of $75 billion annual modernization plan, is too much, too little, too Cold War-centric as strategic policy debate looms.
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Rifts within Ukraine's top leadership have burst into the open following swirling rumours that the country's top military chief will be dismissed amid reported tensions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russian officials on Saturday accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian border city of Belgorod, a day after an 18-hour aerial Russian barrage across Ukraine killed at least 39 civilians.
As Russia continues to send troops to Ukraine, people from its ethnic minority regions are more likely to be conscripted and face higher death rates in battle. Thousands of them have fled to neighbouring countries to avoid that fate but relocation comes with its own challenges.