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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui during a meeting in Moscow on July 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to mark Navy Day at the Main Admiralty in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2026, in front of a large photo of a submarine. (Getty Images)
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The flag of Ukraine flies in the wind in front of the Berlaymont EU Commission headquarters on August 17, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with US senators before a closed-door meeting at the US Capitol on July 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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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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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)
