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Ukrainian soldiers are seen near the Russian store "Magnit" on August 16, 2024, in Sudzha, Russia. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)

Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region on August 12, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Sukhoi Su-35S fighter aircrafts fly over downtown Moscow on June 24, 2020. (Kirill Kudryavtsev via Getty Images)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference at the NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers load a Vampire drone with an antitank mine in Krasnogorivka, Ukraine, on July 22, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers prepare the BM-21 artillery vehicle in its fighting position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 23, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 15, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)

Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)