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![French President Emmanuel Macron. (Source: Getty images)]( "Macron Warns of Rising Russian Threat at Confidential Élysée Meeting")
![Damaged residential buildings in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region.]( "Damaged residential buildings in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson region.")
![Satellite image shows buildings of the Russian Atlant Aero enterprise damaged in Taganrog. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Satellite image shows buildings of the Russian Atlant Aero enterprise damaged in Taganrog. (Source: Exilenova+)")
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![A member of a local electoral commission inspects a polling station ahead of the upcoming election to the Russian State Duma (lower house of Russia’s Parliament) in central Moscow on September 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A member of a local electoral commission inspects a polling station ahead of the upcoming election to the Russian State Duma (lower house of Russia’s Parliament) in central Moscow on September 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A commuter electric train damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Novovodolazka community of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on September 18, 2026. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine)]( "A commuter electric train damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Novovodolazka community of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on September 18, 2026. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine)")
![As Russia Heads Into Parliamentary Elections, Meet the Foreign “Observers” Giving Them a Potemkin Veneer of Legitimacy]( "As Russia Heads Into Parliamentary Elections, Meet the Foreign “Observers” Giving Them a Potemkin Veneer of Legitimacy")
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![Photo of Yurii Marchenko]( "Photo of Yurii Marchenko")
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- Anti-Fake
With OSCE observers absent and a CIS mission set to monitor Russia’s September 18–20 parliamentary election, previous votes offer clues as to how Moscow seeks to give the process an appearance of international legitimacy.![A Russian Orion UAV ground control station.]( "A Russian Orion UAV ground control station.")
![A Ukrainian servicemember prepares a long-range attack drone for a nighttime mission.]( "A Ukrainian servicemember prepares a long-range attack drone for a nighttime mission.")
![A strike hits a Russian military position in the Lyman sector. (Source: 3rd Army Corps)]( "A strike hits a Russian military position in the Lyman sector. (Source: 3rd Army Corps)")
![Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization are seen being dispatched to combat coordination areas after a military call-up for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization are seen being dispatched to combat coordination areas after a military call-up for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Emergency crews work at the site of a home destroyed in a Russian attack on the Fastiv district of Ukraine’s Kyiv region on September 18, 2026. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine)]( "Emergency crews work at the site of a home destroyed in a Russian attack on the Fastiv district of Ukraine’s Kyiv region on September 18, 2026. (Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine)")
![Destroyed Russian tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)]( "Destroyed Russian tank. Illustrative image. (Source: UNITED24 Media)")
![Footage of the fire at the Yaroslavl oil refinery, September 17, 2026 (Photo: Exilenova+)]( "Major Russian Oil Refinery Forced to Stop Processing After Ukrainian Deep Strike")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-ca301aaac45bd8b16406c401e7f93e94.jpg "As Russia Heads Into Parliamentary Elections, Meet the Foreign “Observers” Giving Them a Potemkin Veneer of Legitimacy")
-41be7dcf0978ceee1b4e82016b789765.jpg "Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization are seen being dispatched to combat coordination areas after a military call-up for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
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