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![View of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Germany Plans Up to €50 Million to Repair Damaged Chornobyl Nuclear Arch")
![Test flight of the FP-7.x interceptor missile by Ukraine’s Fire Point.]( "Test flight of the FP-7.x interceptor missile by Ukraine’s Fire Point.")
![Launch of the Fire Point ballistic missile during tests.]( "Launch of the Fire Point ballistic missile during tests.")
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![A sealed a pallet containing tubs of Shell Rimula 10w-40 motor engine oil moves along the production line at the Royal Dutch Shell Plc lubricants blending plant in Torzhok, Russia, on February 7, 2018. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A sealed a pallet containing tubs of Shell Rimula 10w-40 motor engine oil moves along the production line at the Royal Dutch Shell Plc lubricants blending plant in Torzhok, Russia, on February 7, 2018. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Yevhenii Khmara, newly appointed Minister of Defense of Ukraine.]( "Yevhenii Khmara, newly appointed Minister of Defense of Ukraine.")
![Smoke rising from a Sverdlov explosives plant, Dzerzhinsk, Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, August 19, 2026.]( "Smoke rising from a Sverdlov explosives plant, Dzerzhinsk, Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, August 19, 2026.")
![Ukraine’s AI Dilemma: Is Ethics a Luxury?]( "Ukraine’s AI Dilemma: Is Ethics a Luxury?")
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![Photo of Lucile Brizard]( "Photo of Lucile Brizard")
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- War in Ukraine
The relentless pressure to out-innovate a brutal Russian advance has turned Ukraine into a high-stakes laboratory for battlefield AI and autonomous weapons. While some view the debate as a peacetime luxury, others take a more nuanced view. In a war for survival, will existence always trump ethics?![An Antonov 124 cargo aircraft that has been grounded since 2022 at Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.]( "An Antonov 124 cargo aircraft that has been grounded since 2022 at Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.")
![The Milrem Robotics logo is on a Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle.]( "The Milrem Robotics logo is on a Type-X Robotic Combat Vehicle.")
![Photos showing Alexis Lenouail before and during his service in Ukraine.]( "Photos showing Alexis Lenouail before and during his service in Ukraine.")
![Russian schoolchildren take part in an anti-terrorism drill in 2025, during which participants were shown lying on the floor while an armed person simulated a hostage-taking scenario.]( "Russian schoolchildren take part in an anti-terrorism drill in 2025, during which participants were shown lying on the floor while an armed person simulated a hostage-taking scenario.")
![A French flag. (Source: Getty Images)]( "French Prosecutors Probe Alleged Russian Interference in 2027 Election")
![A customer uses a Sberbank PJSC ATM in Moscow, Russia.]( "A customer uses a Sberbank PJSC ATM in Moscow, Russia.")
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-554f0711f15a880af68b2550a739eee4.jpg "Photo of Lucile Brizard")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
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