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![An employee passes strips of rubber, laid out at the ZAO Sibur Holding tire manufacturing plant in Voronezh, Russia, on November 18, 2011. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Image)]( "EU Targets Russian Military Aviation With Ban on Rubber Used in Aircraft Tyres")
![Government building in Kyiv with Ukrainian and European Union flags. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "EU and Ukraine Initiate Joint Defense Drone Alliance to Counter Threats")
![Chinese fighter jet escorts H-6 anti-ship bombers, April 30, 2026. (Source: ChinaMilBugle/X)]( "Chinese fighter jet escorts H-6 anti-ship bombers, April 30, 2026. (Source: ChinaMilBugle/X)")
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![Detained Vietnamese stand near their tent in a camp in a Moscow suburb on August 3, 2013. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "UK Sanctions 35 Individuals and Entities Over Russia Migrant Recruitment Networks")
![Russian Su-24M “Fencer” supersonic all-weather attack aircraft in flight. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Su-24M “Fencer” supersonic all-weather attack aircraft in flight. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A poster set up on the Russia-facing wall of the Hermann Castle in Narva on May 9, 2025. (Source: Sergei Mihhailov/ERR)]( "Estonian Border Town to Unveil “Putin–Hitler” Poster on May 9")
![The Training and Assault Company (NSHR) and medics from the 3rd Army Corps at the US Scientific Assembly on Tactical Medicine. (Source: 3rd Army Corps)]( "Ukrainian Combat Medics Share Frontline Insights at Major US Military Medicine Summit")
![Security barriers stand at the entrance of the historic Red Square, which is closed to the public ahead of the May 9 Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia on May 3, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Declares Unilateral May Holiday Truce, Warns of Kyiv Strikes if Attacked")
![Col. Gen. Stanislav Petrov, 87, former head of Russia’s chemical defense troops, died by suicide in Moscow. He was a chief researcher at a state center sanctioned for developing chemical weapons used against Ukraine. (Source: Russian media)]( "Col. Gen. Stanislav Petrov, 87, former head of Russia’s chemical defense troops, died by suicide in Moscow. He was a chief researcher at a state center sanctioned for developing chemical weapons used against Ukraine. (Source: Russian media)")
![The national flags of Ukraine and Israel fly outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The national flags of Ukraine and Israel fly outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Polish soldiers and Leopard 2A4 tanks take part in the NATO DRAGON-24 military exercise in Korzeniewo, northern Poland, March 4, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Polish soldiers and Leopard 2A4 tanks take part in the NATO DRAGON-24 military exercise in Korzeniewo, northern Poland, March 4, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Austrian police stand guard in front of the Russian embassy during a protest of members and supporters of the Chechen community on July 7, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Austria Expels Three Russian Diplomats Over Suspected “Antenna Forest” Spy Hub")
![USAF F-16C counter-UCAV load out with two LAU-131 rocket pods, containing 14 APKWS II missiles, November 2025. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "USAF F-16C counter-UCAV load out with two LAU-131 rocket pods, containing 14 APKWS II missiles, November 2025. (Source: Wikimedia)")
-9ae31212c97297a9304ff92d9f222322.png "Chinese fighter jet escorts H-6 anti-ship bombers, April 30, 2026. (Source: ChinaMilBugle/X)")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
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