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![An HX-2 D AI Strike drone manufactured by Helsing is on view during the KNDS Media Day event in Munich on March 19, 2026.]( "An HX-2 D AI Strike drone manufactured by Helsing is on view during the KNDS Media Day event in Munich on March 19, 2026.")
![French M51 submarine-launched strategic ballistic missile during tests.]( "French M51 submarine-launched strategic ballistic missile during tests. (Photo: open source)")
![What Ukrainian Drone Pilots Taught NATO Troops at Sweden’s Largest Military Drill]( "What Ukrainian Drone Pilots Taught NATO Troops at Sweden’s Largest Military Drill")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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Just a few years ago, Ukrainian soldiers arrived at NATO training grounds as students. Today, they’ve returned as instructors. In Sweden’s Exercise Aurora 26, Ukrainian drone operators shared their drone expertise forged through more than four years of existential war.Newsletter
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![A Finnish F-18 Hornet lands at Jokkmokk Air Base during a joint exercise between the air forces of Finland and Sweden over the Arctic Circle on March 25, 2019.]( "A Finnish F-18 Hornet lands at Jokkmokk Air Base during a joint exercise between the air forces of Finland and Sweden over the Arctic Circle on March 25, 2019.")
![The European Union flag. (Source: Getty Images)]( "EU Prepares to Open First Ukraine and Moldova Accession Negotiation Cluster in June")
![Drone in the sky. Illustrative image. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Latvia and Netherlands Sign Drone Cooperation Deal to Expand NATO Training and Testing")
![Acting Foreign Minister of the Afghan government Amir Khan Muttaqi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia and Taliban Forge New Military Cooperation Agreement")
![The coat of arms of Russia hangs from a post on the Estonian-Russian border. (Source: Getty Images)]( "FSB Accuses Finland and Estonia of Border Treaty Violations")
![Édouard Philippe, the leader of the Horizons party and a prominent candidate for the upcoming French presidential election visits a memorial for fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers at Independence Square in Kyiv. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Second French Presidential Candidate Visits Kyiv and Backs Ukraine’s NATO Bid")
![A protester is holding candles at a protest marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Budapest, Hungary on February 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A protester is holding candles at a protest marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Budapest, Hungary on February 24, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The tails of two Russian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft. (Source: Getty Images)]( "India Tied to Supply Chains Sending Sanctioned Aircraft Parts to Russia")
![A Ukrainian long-range drone launched by servicemen of the 9th Kairos Battalion of the “Madyar’s Birds” from an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on May 16, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Ukrainian long-range drone launched by servicemen of the 9th Kairos Battalion of the “Madyar’s Birds” from an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on May 16, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russia Needs China Far More Than China Needs Russia]( "Russia Needs China Far More Than China Needs Russia")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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Russia’s partnership with China is often presented as a powerful alliance against the West. Yet, it is an increasingly unequal relationship in which Moscow depends on Beijing for trade, industrial goods, and economic survival while China gains discounted resources and growing leverage.
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