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Thursday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 7/2/2026

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Ukraine doesn't have any of these interceptors that it needs. Russia knows that, so Russia's strategy is, okay, let's do less drones, and even though ballistic missiles cost us more money, Ukraine doesn't have the ability to strike down all of our ballistic missiles.

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