War in Ukraine
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![A police officer provides assistance at the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv on August 1, 2026. (Source: Mykyta Shandyba/UNITED24 Media)]( "A police officer provides assistance at the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv on August 1, 2026. (Source: Mykyta Shandyba/UNITED24 Media)")
![Smoke rising in Yalta, temporarily occupied Crimea, on August 7, 2026.]( "Smoke rising in Yalta, temporarily occupied Crimea, on August 7, 2026.")
![Satellite image of a military infrastructure site in Belarus included in the interactive map created by Schemes and Radio Svoboda’s Belarus Service using satellite imagery and open-source intelligence. (Source: Schemy / Radio Svoboda / Planet Labs PBC)]( "Satellite image of a military infrastructure site in Belarus included in the interactive map created by Schemes and Radio Svoboda’s Belarus Service using satellite imagery and open-source intelligence. (Source: Schemy / Radio Svoboda / Planet Labs PBC)")
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![EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Europa building, the EU Council headquarter on July 13, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)]( "EU Commission vice-president, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to media in the Europa building, the EU Council headquarter on July 13, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian BM-21 Grad missile launcher moments before a Ukrainian drone strike, August 2026.]( "Russian BM-21 Grad missile launcher moments before a Ukrainian drone strike, August 2026.")
![Fire seen near Hvardiiske in Crimea’s Simferopol district, August 7, 2026.]( "Fire seen near Hvardiiske in Crimea’s Simferopol district, August 7, 2026.")
![The Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, from Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, from Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian tactical missile system (Hrim-2/Sapsan), during a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade in Kyiv, 2018.]( "Ukrainian tactical missile system (Hrim-2/Sapsan), during a rehearsal for the Independence Day military parade in Kyiv, 2018.")
![The Middleman Keeping Russia’s Missile Industry Running]( "The Middleman Keeping Russia’s Missile Industry Running")
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![Photo of Oleksandr Liemienov]( "Photo of Oleksandr Liemienov")
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Anyone who has spent a night in Kyiv knows the sound of a Kh-101 cruise missile. What far fewer people know is that many of the foreign electronics guiding those missiles reach Russia through a little-known procurement company that relies on more than 400 shell companies in China to bypass Western sanctions.![Released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) embrace each other following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region on May 15. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) embrace each other following a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location, in the Chernihiv region on May 15. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Smoke rising from a Russian Wildberries logistics hub in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Sverdlovsk region, August 7, 2026.]( "Smoke rising from a Russian Wildberries logistics hub in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Sverdlovsk region, August 7, 2026.")
![Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian equipment.]( "Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian equipment.")
![Ukrainian FP-7 ballistic missile. (Photo: Freeze frame from Fire Point video)]( "Ten Nations Join Ukraine’s FREYJA Anti-Ballistic Shield Initiative")
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