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![Industrial facilities at the NPM Silmet AS factory in Sillamae, Estonia, on January 20, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Industrial facilities at the NPM Silmet AS factory in Sillamae, Estonia, on January 20, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
![An Airbus Helicopter OH-HVG AS332L Super Puma of the Finnish Border Guard approaches the Finnish icebreaking vessel Polaris off Helsinki in the Gulf of Finland during MARSEC EU 26 joint exercise on September 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An Airbus Helicopter OH-HVG AS332L Super Puma of the Finnish Border Guard approaches the Finnish icebreaking vessel Polaris off Helsinki in the Gulf of Finland during MARSEC EU 26 joint exercise on September 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The Russian corvette "Sobrasitelny," with the identification number 531, is sailing near the oil tanker "Kira K" in the Baltic Sea. Illsutrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The Russian corvette \"Sobrasitelny,\" with the identification number 531, is sailing near the oil tanker \"Kira K\" in the Baltic Sea. Illsutrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Headquarters of the European Council, on October 23, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Headquarters of the European Council, on October 23, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A South Korean flag is flying in the wind at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A South Korean flag is flying in the wind at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Oil pumping jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on March 11, 2020.]( "Oil pumping jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on March 11, 2020.")
![The Russian-flagged oil tanker Aram Khachaturian, identified in an investigation into fuel shipments from South Korea to Russia, pictured alongside a tugboat. (Photo: Shipspotting)]( "The Russian-flagged oil tanker Aram Khachaturian, identified in an investigation into fuel shipments from South Korea to Russia, pictured alongside a tugboat. (Photo: Shipspotting)")
![Satellite image showing a blurred area reportedly containing a Yandex Cloud data center in Russia. The company has obscured all four of its data centers on Yandex Maps, according to Verstka. (Source: Yandex Maps via Verstka)]( "Satellite image showing a blurred area reportedly containing a Yandex Cloud data center in Russia. The company has obscured all four of its data centers on Yandex Maps, according to Verstka. (Source: Yandex Maps via Verstka)")
![Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot-down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.]( "Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot-down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.")
![The Russian ministry of finance in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Adds 14-Year-Old Girl to Terrorist and Extremist List")
![The Danish national flag. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Shifts Strategy to Direct Sabotage Against Danish Suppliers Fueling Ukraine’s Defense")
![A health worker wearing protective gear inside a medical facility in Russia’s Irkutsk region. (Source: Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute/e2)]( "A health worker wearing protective gear inside a medical facility in Russia’s Irkutsk region. (Source: Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute/e2)")
![Grains to be shipped are loaded onto a ship at Port of Rostov-on-Don in Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Disguises Oil Refinery Repair Equipment in Grain Trains Amid Export Bottlenecks")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
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