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CONFLICT ZONE: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Gopi Hinduja

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An Ukrainian soldier firing the Bohdana self-propelled howitzer, an artillery weapon, towards Russian troops near a front line in the Kharkiv region (Photo: Reuters)

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	As the Russia-Ukraine war continues for over three-and-a-half years, it has been marked by the extensive use of modern and conventional weapons, including artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drones, and long-range, sophisticated missiles.&nbsp;</div>
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	<small class="brtag">&nbsp;</small> The first picture shows a Ukrainian soldier firing the Bohdana self-propelled howitzer, an artillery weapon, towards Russian troops near a front line in the Kharkiv region.&nbsp; In another picture from April, a Ukrainian soldier is operating a machine gun mounted on an unmanned ground vehicle in the Zaporizhzhia region.&nbsp;<small class="brtagPara">&nbsp;</small> The third picture shows a Russian Buk-M3, one of the most advanced medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, which intercepts aerial threats, and was destroyed by Ukraine during a strike this year, according to the country&rsquo;s media. The last photograph features the new&nbsp; Russian V2U strike drone &mdash;among other features, it is also used to detect a target using an AI-powered computing system based on the Chinese minicomputer Leetop A203 and&nbsp; Nvidia Jetson Orin processor, according to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine website.</div>
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	<small class="brtag">&nbsp;</small> In July, Russia unleashed the largest aerial attack in Ukraine since the war began, using&nbsp; Iranian 728 Shahed drones, seven cruise and six kinzhal missiles, according to a Ukrainian Air Force statement.&nbsp; Russia had allegedly used banned chemical weapons, according to media reports that cited Dutch and German intelligence agencies. But Russia has denied the claims.&nbsp;</div>
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	The long war has depleted stockpiles of the two countries, making them reliant on foreign shipments, including from the United States, China, and North Korea, according to Reuters.</div>
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Conflict zone: The Russia-Ukraine war

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