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![Spanish Patriot missile systems deployed in Adana, Turkey, on January 26, 2015. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Spanish Patriot missile systems deployed in Adana, Turkey, on January 26, 2015. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A US Army Patriot surface-to-air missile system at Osan Air Base, South Korea, October 12, 2008. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A US Army Patriot surface-to-air missile system at Osan Air Base, South Korea, October 12, 2008. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Sánchez Blames Russia, Israel and Far Right for Disinformation Behind Ceuta Crisis")
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![Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Putin Expands His Security Service’s Staff Once Again—Fourth Time Since Invasion")
![Earth orbit communications satellites Rassvet. (Photo: Open source)]( "Russia Wanted Its Own Starlink. Now Its Satellites Are Falling Before the Network Even Takes Off")
![Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Finance Minister Makes First US Visit Since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine")
![Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit on August 31, 2026 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Source: Getty Images)]( "“We Must Work to End Hostilities”: Modi Urges Putin to End War Against Ukraine")
![A Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft. Illustrative photo. (Photo: open source)]( "A Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft. Illustrative photo. (Photo: open source)")
![Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a plenary session of the India-Russia trade forum in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a plenary session of the India-Russia trade forum in New Delhi on December 5, 2025.")
![The oil tanker MV SUN during an EU maritime operation in the Mediterranean on August 30, 2026. (Source: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas/X)]( "The oil tanker MV SUN during an EU maritime operation in the Mediterranean on August 30, 2026. (Source: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas/X)")
![Turkish Coast Guard vessel approaches the grounded Russian cargo ship OMSKIY-107 off the coast of Istanbul’s Şile district. (Source: Turkish Demirören News Agency)]( "Turkish Coast Guard vessel approaches the grounded Russian cargo ship OMSKIY-107 off the coast of Istanbul’s Şile district. (Source: Turkish Demirören News Agency)")
![Russian Rusich militant Voislav Torden, also known as Yan Petrovsky, during the war in Ukraine. (Source: Social media)]( "Russian Rusich militant Voislav Torden, also known as Yan Petrovsky, during the war in Ukraine. (Source: Social media)")
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-cc0de22a6a5d006371a6e982139a8979.jpg "Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
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-bd8abf028a19131a5f7fe6eeb8e0828a.png "Turkish Coast Guard vessel approaches the grounded Russian cargo ship OMSKIY-107 off the coast of Istanbul’s Şile district. (Source: Turkish Demirören News Agency)")
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