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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off from a base in the US Central Command area of responsibility on June 18, 2026. (US Air Force)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
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People attend a rally to protest the dismissal of Defense Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A technician launches a Ukrainian Raybird (ACS-3) UAV from a catapult during an aerial reconnaissance mission in the Oleksandrivka sector in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A US Army air defense artilleryman conducts maintenance on a Patriot missile system on June 1, 2026. (US Army)
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Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte speaks at the pre-summit press conference on July 6, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech during the Defense Industry Forum held as part of the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A demonstrator holds a flag with the emblem of Russia in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March 22, 2023, while sitting on a motorcycle during a march in support of Russia’s and China’s presence in the country. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump attends a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on June 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman prepares an UAV for a patrol flight along the Ukraine-Belarus border on June 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
