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![Gas station of the oil company Rosneft on the highway. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Gas station of the oil company Rosneft on the highway. (Source: Getty Images)")
![TAF Industries and PGZ signed an agreement at the Gdańsk conference to localize combat-proven drone and counter-UAV production in Poland. (Source: TAF Industries)]( "Ukraine’s TAF Industries and Poland’s PGZ Sign Deal to Scale Joint Drone Manufacturing")
![The Palace of Westminster with the UK flag is seen on the street in London, United Kingdom. (Source: Getty Images)]( "UK Secures Ukraine Nuclear Supply With Major £210 Million Funding Deal")
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![This illustration photograph shows a woman using a smartphone in front of the logos of Russian social media platform VK and Apple Inc displayed on a TV screen. (Source: Getty Images)]( "This illustration photograph shows a woman using a smartphone in front of the logos of Russian social media platform VK and Apple Inc displayed on a TV screen. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko speaks during an interview in the capital Minsk on July 21, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko speaks during an interview in the capital Minsk on July 21, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A ship of the Swedish Coast Guard is seen next to the bulk carrier Meshka that ran aground outside the port of Landskrona, Sweden, on May 31, 2025. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Sweden Arms Coast Guard as Russian Activity Raises Baltic Security Concerns")
![Military ships patrol the Smyrtos vessel outside the harbour, on June 14, 2026, in Portland, England.]( "Military ships patrol the Smyrtos vessel outside the harbour, on June 14, 2026, in Portland, England.")
![A Ukrainian Magura-class unmanned surface vessel during trials. (Photo: open source)]( "A Ukrainian Magura-class unmanned surface vessel during trials. (Photo: open source)")
![A view of Kerch Strait Bridge, aslo known as Crimean Bridge, in Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A view of Kerch Strait Bridge, aslo known as Crimean Bridge, in Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (R) shakes hands with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as she arrives to attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gdańsk, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (R) shakes hands with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as she arrives to attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gdańsk, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Workers restore the railway tracks on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, near Kerch, on October 9, 2022. Illustratie photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Reduces Rail Service to Occupied Crimea as Logistics Lockdown Intensifies")
![From "Honey Traps" to Conspiracy Communities, These Are The Unexpected Recruitment Methods of Russia's Intelligence Services]( "From \"Honey Traps\" to Conspiracy Communities, These Are The Unexpected Recruitment Methods of Russia's Intelligence Services")
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Between 2023 and 2024, the number of sabotage attacks in Europe nearly tripled. The year before that, it quadrupled. Meanwhile, the image of a Russian spy in an expensive suit bears less and less resemblance to reality. Today, the recruiter might turn out to be a Telegram channel administrator, an attractive stranger on social media, or someone who shares your views on "secret conspiracies."![The US Treasury building in Washington, DC, US, on June 29, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "US Removes Sanctions on Seven Russians, Two Turkish Companies and Two Vessels")
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