Before launching its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago, the Russian military had the world's largest tank force—at least on paper. However, even then, military analysts saw Russia's tank force as a "paper tiger" as many of the vehicles dated back decades and were kept in storage with little to no ongoing maintenance.

Attacks on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia border killed three people on Friday, local officials said. Three missiles hit a residential area near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing one person,

Ukraine's military said Thursday it shot down 47 drones Russian forces launched overnight at areas in central and eastern Ukraine. Russia used a total of 72 drones in its attacks, the military said. Ukrainian air defenses shot down drones over the Cherkasy,