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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)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on May 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin at a training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on September 16, 2025. (Getty Images
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Ukrainian soldiers operate a Bliskavka attack drone to strike Russian positions in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A large Ukrainian flag waves in the wind as smoke rises on the horizon along the front line following a bombardment by Russian forces on May 25, 2026, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Flags of Russia and Belarus fly in the wind during joint Russian-Belarusian military drills in Minsk, on September 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A major fire burns in eastern Moscow on May 17, 2026, hours after a heavy Ukrainian drone attack. (Getty Images)
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A US Army air defense artilleryman works to place a Patriot missile system into operation on March 13, 2026. (US Army)
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Volunteers weaving camouflage nets at a community center in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 11, 2026. (Andrew Wilson)
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An interceptor drone is launched as Ukrainian forces counter incoming aerial threats near the Donetsk front line on May 12, 2026, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
