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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech during his inspection of the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army PLA Eastern Theater Command on July 6, 2023. (Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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Ukrainian soldiers use an armored engineer vehicle based on a Leopard tank chassis to pull their comrades car from a ditch on May 11, 2023. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin on March 21, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Byrkin / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Li Qiang attends a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on June 28, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Jade Gao via Getty Images)

A man holding a flag with the Wagner group logo in Rostov-on-Don on June 24, 2023. (Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Leah Millis/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Rep. Rosa DeLauro arrives for the House Appropriations Committee markup of "Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill and Interim Suballocation of Budget Allocations" in Rayburn Building on June 14, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)