War in Ukraine
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![US special envoy Steve Witkoff shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a joint press conference in Kyiv on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "US special envoy Steve Witkoff shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a joint press conference in Kyiv on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint news conference with US President Donald Trump's Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint news conference with US President Donald Trump's Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 6, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![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)")
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![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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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 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)")
![Smoke rising over buildings following Russian air attacks in downtown Kyiv on September 8, 2026.]( "Smoke rising over buildings following Russian air attacks in downtown Kyiv on September 8, 2026.")
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![Photo of Vlad Litnarovych]( "Photo of Vlad Litnarovych")
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Just after US peace envoys departed from Kyiv, Russia unleashed ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones on the Ukrainian capital, killing two people and injuring 12 as residential areas, warehouses and a private school were hit across the city.![A Russian Osa surface-to-air missile system targeted by Ukrainian drone operators on the Zaporizhzhia front. (Source: 423rd Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade “Scythian Griffins”)]( "A Russian Osa surface-to-air missile system targeted by Ukrainian drone operators on the Zaporizhzhia front. (Source: 423rd Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade “Scythian Griffins”)")
![Destroyed Russian tank.]( "Destroyed Russian tank.")
![Interface of the new air defense combat system against the S8000 "Banderol". (Source: Footage from the video Brave1)]( "Ukraine Deploys New Low-Cost Air Defense System Against Russian S8000 Missiles")
![Russian servicemen, involved in the war against Ukraine, march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian servicemen, involved in the war against Ukraine, march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Bundeswehr soldiers inside a Fuchs armored personnel carrier equipped with surveillance radar during the “National Guardian” military exercise in Munster, Germany, April 18, 2024. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Bundeswehr soldiers inside a Fuchs armored personnel carrier equipped with surveillance radar during the “National Guardian” military exercise in Munster, Germany, April 18, 2024. 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+)")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
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