War in Ukraine
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![Launch of the Fire Point ballistic missile during tests.]( "Launch of the Fire Point ballistic missile during tests.")
![Russia’s Own Propagandists vs. Pro-Kremlin Voices Abroad: The Narratives Have Split]( "Russia’s Own Propagandists vs. Pro-Kremlin Voices Abroad: The Narratives Have Split")
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If you paid attention to Westerners sympathetic to or supportive of Russia’s invasion, you’d think Russia was on the verge of victory, and the country is a land of plenty. However, even the most pro-Putin Russians acknowledge that Russia is facing mounting problems and increasingly discuss them in public.![Smoke rising from a Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, August 6, 2026.]( "Smoke rising from a Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, August 6, 2026.")
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![Illustrative image. Grave in Saint Petersburg of Major General Frolov, killed in combat after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine.]( "Illustrative image. Grave in Saint Petersburg of Major General Frolov, killed in combat after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine.")
![Smoke rises above the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl after a drone strike on August 6. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Smoke rises above the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl after a drone strike on August 6. (Source: Exilenova+)")
![Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian vehicle. (Source: UNITED24 Media)]( "Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian vehicle. (Source: UNITED24 Media)")
![A Russian Iskander-E missile. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Why Russian Iskander Launchers Are Nearly Impossible to Catch")
![Oleksii Yukov. (Source: Associated Press)]( "Ukrainian Search Team Leader Oleksii Yukov Killed Exhuming Bodies of Fallen Soldiers")
![Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press point with Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at Palazzo Chigi after their meeting in Rome on April 15, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press point with Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, at Palazzo Chigi after their meeting in Rome on April 15, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Two Russian soldiers captured by scouts from Ukraine’s 36th Separate Marine Brigade after allegedly being sent to film a staged claim that Russian forces had seized Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region. (Source: 36th Separate Marine Brigade)]( "Two Russian soldiers captured by scouts from Ukraine’s 36th Separate Marine Brigade after allegedly being sent to film a staged claim that Russian forces had seized Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region. (Source: 36th Separate Marine Brigade)")
![Newly appointed UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting during his first official visit to Kyiv. (Source: Suspilne)]( "Newly appointed UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting during his first official visit to Kyiv. (Source: Suspilne)")
![The interior of the Intertop logistics hub lies in ruins after a Russian ballistic missile strike destroyed the facility in the Kyiv region on August 5, 2026. (Source: MTI Group/Facebook)]( "The interior of the Intertop logistics hub lies in ruins after a Russian ballistic missile strike destroyed the facility in the Kyiv region on August 5, 2026. (Source: MTI Group/Facebook)")
![An FPV fixed-wing drone during a Brave1 defense robotics test exhibition at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, April 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An FPV fixed-wing drone during a Brave1 defense robotics test exhibition at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, April 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
-605be766de04ba3d21b67fb76a76786a.jpg "Joseph Place")
-fd895a7c1f782597f497786a8c32c93c.png "Smoke rises above the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl after a drone strike on August 6. (Source: Exilenova+)")
-1bb4f5071a92fb06a0b5f24c15d06b9a.jpg "Why Russian Iskander Launchers Are Nearly Impossible to Catch")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-4ddd35915b76cab22c469bd64bfca60e.jpg "Newly appointed UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting during his first official visit to Kyiv. (Source: Suspilne)")
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