War in Ukraine
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![The aftermath of the Russian strike on Dnipro. (Source: Telegram/Dnipropetrovska ODA)]( "Russian Forces Strike Major Ukrainian Postal Hub in Dnipro for the Fifth Time")
![Oleksandr Mustyatse. (Photo: Social media/Mykola Kuleba)]( "Missing Ukrainian Boy From Kherson Region Found Serving in Russian Army")
![Fire at a Wildberries facility in Ryazan. (Photo: Ukraine Online Telegram Channel/Anadolu/IMAGO)]( "Ukraine’s Drones Reach 1,400 Kilometers Into Russia to Strike Wildberries Network")
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![Destroyed house near Kryvyi Rih after the attack on July 29, 2026. (Source: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration)]( "Russia Used North Korean Missile for First Time in Nearly a Year, Killing Family Near Kryvyi Rih")
![Remains of a drone hang on anti-drone net on Kostiantynivka-Kramatorsk road on April 24, 2026 in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Remains of a drone hang on anti-drone net on Kostiantynivka-Kramatorsk road on April 24, 2026 in Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with top military leaders to discuss structural reforms and air defense countermeasures. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with top military leaders to discuss structural reforms and air defense countermeasures. (Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![Police take security measures as black smoke billows from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery, located on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, on June 18, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Police take security measures as black smoke billows from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery, located on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, on June 18, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian base of uncrewed surface vessels in temporarily occupied Crimea moments before a Ukrainian drone strike, July 29, 2026.]( "Russian base of uncrewed surface vessels in temporarily occupied Crimea moments before a Ukrainian drone strike, July 29, 2026.")
![Putin Just Expanded Russia’s Military Again. It’s the Sixth Time Since 2022]( "Putin Just Expanded Russia’s Military Again. It’s the Sixth Time Since 2022")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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Putin has now signed six decrees expanding Russia’s Armed Forces since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin’s continued expansion sends a clear message: Russia is not seeking de-escalation but is building its military to sustain and potentially widen it.![Marshall Islands-flagged tanker NISSOS SIFNOS.]( "Marshall Islands-flagged tanker NISSOS SIFNOS.")
![Members of a social network group carry a one-thousand ruble banknote with Putin’s face in Moscow on August 18, 2011.]( "Members of a social network group carry a one-thousand ruble banknote with Putin’s face in Moscow on August 18, 2011.")
![Illustrative image. Ukrainian servicemen walk next to destroyed Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers in Dmytrivka village, west of Kyiv, on April 2, 2022.]( "Illustrative image. Ukrainian servicemen walk next to destroyed Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers in Dmytrivka village, west of Kyiv, on April 2, 2022.")
![Vintage horse-powered wheat harvesting combine reportedly outside Moscow, 1930s-40s.]( "Vintage horse-powered wheat harvesting combine reportedly outside Moscow, 1930s-40s.")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
-0b989f2a30da6f8a537ab321a4afb89c.png "Marshall Islands-flagged tanker NISSOS SIFNOS.")
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