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![Investigators examine the railways damaged in an explosion on the rail line in Mika, next to Garwolin, central Poland on November 17, 2025, after the line presumably was targeted in a Russian sabotage act. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Investigators examine the railways damaged in an explosion on the rail line in Mika, next to Garwolin, central Poland on November 17, 2025, after the line presumably was targeted in a Russian sabotage act. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Soldiers from a drone unit of Ukraine’s 422nd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment carry a Baba Yaga heavy bomber drone during a daytime training flight in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukraine, on March 23, 2026.]( "Soldiers from a drone unit of Ukraine’s 422nd Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment carry a Baba Yaga heavy bomber drone during a daytime training flight in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukraine, on March 23, 2026.")
![Two US Air Force B-1B Lancer strategic bombers at RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Two US Air Force B-1B Lancer strategic bombers at RAF Fairford on September 27, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in Kyiv on October 13, 2025.]( "Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in Kyiv on October 13, 2025.")
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![“We Need Their Fear”: What Russian Officials and State TV Are Saying About War with Europe]( "“We Need Their Fear”: What Russian Officials and State TV Are Saying About War with Europe")
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![Photo of Yurii Marchenko]( "Photo of Yurii Marchenko")
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“Lithuania will disappear.” “We will destroy you.” “On your knees.” Over the past few weeks, Russian officials and state propagandists have unleashed a barrage of threats against European countries as drones, suspected sabotage and airspace violations put NATO increasingly on edge.
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-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-b84bae12b935531911624e1ead564a99.jpg "“We Need Their Fear”: What Russian Officials and State TV Are Saying About War with Europe")
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