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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow late on April 29, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier holds an interceptor drone as his unit carries out combat missions in Ukraine on March 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An interceptor drone used by Ukraine's 208th Khersonska Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade flies in the sky as the unit carries out combat missions in Ukraine on March 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian artillerymen aim a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer near Pokrovsk on February 12, 2026, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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A Tencore unmanned ground vehicle TerMIT is seen being driven through the snow during a demonstration on February 20, 2026, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Luke Coffey and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna at Hudson Institute on February 23, 2026.
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Caption Naval units from Iran and Russia carry out joint naval drills at the Port of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan, Iran, on February 19, 2026. (Getty Images) Share to Twitter
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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a car on February 23, 2025, in Moscow. (Getty Images)
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The Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge is seen spanning the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Wikimedia Commons)
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An F-16 fighter jet leaves Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands for Ukraine on May 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
