The Future of Ukraine's Armed Forces

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Ukrainian soldiers are being forced to move so slowly forward toward Russian lines. Miller: Artillery is key to softening those Russian lines and helping really to distract Russian soldiers from these Ukrainian engineers, minesweepers and infantry. He says the Ukrainians would love to have long range missiles that could hit Russian logistical centers or infrastructure like the Crimea Bridge.

A crackdown on password sharing helped Netflix add nearly 6mn subscribers, UK inflation fell to a 15-month low of 7.9 per cent in June, Ukraine’s armed forces are having a hard time with Russian mines and Spain’s Sunday election could mean the end of Pedro Sánchez’s time as prime minister.

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