War in Ukraine
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![The crew of a Leopard 2 main battle tank equipped with a drone defense net waits to continue their journey during the “Freedom Shield 2026” combat exercise in Lithuania, June 12, 2026.]( "The crew of a Leopard 2 main battle tank equipped with a drone defense net waits to continue their journey during the “Freedom Shield 2026” combat exercise in Lithuania, June 12, 2026.")
![Ukraine’s Ground Robots Complete Record 16,676 Battlefield Missions in June]( "Ukraine’s Ground Robots Complete Record 16,676 Battlefield Missions in June")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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Every box of ammunition delivered to the front and every wounded soldier evacuated has traditionally required someone to risk their life. Increasingly, that “someone” is no longer a soldier on the Ukrainian frontline.![Illustrative image. A Russian Shahed drone flies above Kyiv during Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital on May 24, 2026.]( "Illustrative image. A Russian Shahed drone flies above Kyiv during Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital on May 24, 2026.")
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![Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian missile strike damaged a civilian vessel at a Black Sea port in Ukraine's Odesa region. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian missile strike damaged a civilian vessel at a Black Sea port in Ukraine's Odesa region. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian vessels concentrated near the Taman Peninsula in the Black Sea, July 11, 2026.]( "Russian vessels concentrated near the Taman Peninsula in the Black Sea, July 11, 2026.")
![A screen grab from a video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a fire broke in Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on August 11, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A screen grab from a video released by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows a fire broke in Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on August 11, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian Project 12150 Mangust patrol boat PSKA-617 in Astrakhan.]( "Russian Project 12150 Mangust patrol boat PSKA-617 in Astrakhan.")
![People walk through debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on a street on April 06, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "“Russia Has Transformed Abduction Into a Tool of War”: Sybiha Says Ukraine Documented 1,878 Civilian Detainees")
![The LNG tanker ASYA ENERGY is anchored off the coast of Limassol, Cyprus, on June 29, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The LNG tanker ASYA ENERGY is anchored off the coast of Limassol, Cyprus, on June 29, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Several vessels burn in the Sea of Azov, with thick columns of smoke rising above the water following reported Ukrainian drone strikes. (Photo: Open source)]( "Several vessels burn in the Sea of Azov, with thick columns of smoke rising above the water following reported Ukrainian drone strikes. (Photo: Open source)")
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![Photo of Ivan Khomenko]( "Photo of Ivan Khomenko")
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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) say they have struck 105 Russian vessels operating in the Sea of Azov and around temporarily occupied Crimea over the past eight days, as Kyiv continues a large-scale drone campaign targeting Moscow’s maritime logistics and shadow fleet.![Released Ukrainian prisoners of war embrace each other following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region on May 15, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Group Linked to FSB Uses Ukrainian POWs to Target Their Families, Investigation Finds")
![An interceptor drone closes in on a Russian Orion UAV moments before the midair impact. (Source: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Magura")]( "An interceptor drone closes in on a Russian Orion UAV moments before the midair impact. (Source: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade \"Magura\")")
![Black smoke billows from the area of Gazprom Neftâs Moscow oil refinery, located on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, on June 18, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Black smoke billows from the area of Gazprom Neftâs Moscow oil refinery, located on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, on June 18, 2026. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
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