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![A Russian Sukhoi Su-57E performs a demonstration flight at the Dubai Airshow 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Russian Sukhoi Su-57E performs a demonstration flight at the Dubai Airshow 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A Iskander-M missile launcher performs during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army 2022" at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Iskander-M missile launcher performs during the International Military-Technical Forum \"Army 2022\" at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Silhouettes of military officers stand beside a globe in a conceptual image of global war planning. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Silhouettes of military officers stand beside a globe in a conceptual image of global war planning. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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- War in Ukraine
Russian military commanders spent years using large-scale computer simulations to rehearse potential wars with NATO , Sweden, Japan, the US, and Ukraine, including scenarios involving the seizure of Sweden’s Gotland island and operations in the Baltic region.![A border fence stands along the Finnish-Russian border at a closed border crossing, July 16, 2026, Finland, Virolahti.]( "A border fence stands along the Finnish-Russian border at a closed border crossing, July 16, 2026, Finland, Virolahti.")
![A fire burns near the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia following a reported drone attack overnight on September 8, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "A fire burns near the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia following a reported drone attack overnight on September 8, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
![Fragments of a destroyed Russian Mi-8 helicopter at Hostomel airfield near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 8, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Fragments of a destroyed Russian Mi-8 helicopter at Hostomel airfield near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 8, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
-1bb4f5071a92fb06a0b5f24c15d06b9a.jpg "A Iskander-M missile launcher performs during the International Military-Technical Forum \"Army 2022\" at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
-56b5dbe389b8cf6a7b0736546fb3b459.png "A fire burns near the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia following a reported drone attack overnight on September 8, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
