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A federal judge issued a pair of landmark rulings barring the U.S. military from discharging soldiers who contract HIV and ordering the Pentagon to allow those who have the virus but no symptoms to become officers.

The reports reveal details from an array of alleged UFO encounters, with varying degrees of plausibility

The NATO Secretary-General warned that the withdrawal of troops elsewhere indicates a change in tactics

Senators pressed Defense Department leaders to send more weapons to Ukraine more quickly, with the goal of defeating Russia.

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the United States to operate the deadly Switchblade drones that Washington is supplying to Kyiv, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said it was a "very small" number of Ukrainian troops who were already present in the US before Russia…

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy says sanctions unveiled by west have ‘a spectacular look. But this is not enough’, as fears mount of large-scale Russian offensive

Representatives from aid groups attempting to help in Ukraine say their teams are facing attacks from Russian forces.

Here's your TL;DR for this morning's news.

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it assessed that Ukraine could win the war against Russia, even as U.S. officials speak of the risk of a protracted conflict.

China says the recently created AUKUS security alliance and its pursuit of hypersonic weapons risks undermining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.