Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
Ukrainian Navy vessels patrol the Black Sea to defend infrastructure and residential areas from Russian Shahed drones on April 28, 2026, in Odesa, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania. on May 29, 2026. (Getty Images)
Black smoke rises after Ukraine reportedly launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2026. (Getty Images)
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)
Ukrainian soldiers operate a Bliskavka attack drone to strike Russian positions in the direction of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)