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The Ukrainian leader also mentioned maintaining the country’s standing army of about one million soldiers and a peacekeeping contingent from European countries, or some combination of these measures.
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Andrew E. Kramer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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With 1.2 million troops, North Korea’s military ranks among the world’s largest standing armies, and its entry into the war was a profound escalation in a war now approaching its fourth year.
Striking them also sends a message to the militia's backers in Iran and to U.S. regional allies, including Gulf states as well as Israel.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
The Rapid Support Forces and allied militias launched an offensive on the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps and the nearby city of El Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, on Friday, said Clementine Nkweta-Salami, United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan.
Yet what this film really nails is the battalion camaraderie that goes beyond spending hours, days, weeks with the same folks and flips into something else entirely once shots are fired.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
Dudayev also asked Solovyov to clarify whether his criticism was directed at Chechen representatives or the Akhmat battalion.
But even Russia’s huge army cannot survive this sort of attrition indefinitely, and Birds of Magyar’s numbers show just how well Ukraine can fight even without foreign weapons.
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David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
For several weeks, fighting has intensified between the army and the RSF as government troops push to reclaim territories occupied by the militia.
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