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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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The Ukrainian flag and the Motherland Monument in Kyiv on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Bridges are seen crossing the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in February 2017, with a road bridge in the foreground and rail bridge in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)
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European leaders, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a family photo on December 15, 2025, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Danube Institute)
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Soldiers from an artillery unit watch a drone flying above the caponier of their artillery weapon during a combat mission in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on December 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting at the Chancellery on December 15, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on December 2, 2025, in Dublin, Ireland. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier practices using a machine gun during shooting and tactical drills in Ukraine on November 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A rat guard painted in the tricolor of the French flag is seen as the French Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is docked in Indonesia on January 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
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