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![Workers assemble munitions at a defense production facility in Russia. (Photo: Open source)]( "Workers assemble munitions at a defense production facility in Russia. (Photo: Open source)")
![Sanctioned cruide oil tanker Caruzo. Illustrative photo. (Source: War & Sanctions portal)]( "Sanctioned cruide oil tanker Caruzo. Illustrative photo. (Source: War & Sanctions portal)")
![A Polish Patriot air defense system displayed during a military event in Poland. (Source: Polsat News)]( "A Polish Patriot air defense system displayed during a military event in Poland. (Source: Polsat News)")
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![An AS3 interceptor part of the Merops, an AI-powered anti-drone system is pictured during a NATO live-fire demonstration of a counter-UAS system on November 18, 2025 in Nowa Deba, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An AS3 interceptor part of the Merops, an AI-powered anti-drone system is pictured during a NATO live-fire demonstration of a counter-UAS system on November 18, 2025 in Nowa Deba, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Launch of Rassvet project satellites. (Source: Ukrainska Pravda)]( "Launch of Rassvet project satellites. (Source: Ukrainska Pravda)")
![Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Iturup island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on August 13, 2026.]( "Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Iturup island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on August 13, 2026.")
![Two German soldiers guard a mobile protected telecommunications reconnaissance vehicle in a position near the Lithuanian border to the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Two German soldiers guard a mobile protected telecommunications reconnaissance vehicle in a position near the Lithuanian border to the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin at Red Square in central Moscow. (Source: Getty Images)]( "US Intelligence Warns Europe of Potential Russian \"Hybrid\" Attack")
![A tanker passes a border security vessel and the detained Smyrtos vessel outside the harbour. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Ships Use First and Second World War Camo and Cages Against Ukrainian Drones")
![Russian paratroopers taking part in a night drill, 150 km outside the Russian southern town of Rostov-on-Don. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian paratroopers taking part in a night drill, 150 km outside the Russian southern town of Rostov-on-Don. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A person works at a computer with an illustrative image generated by artificial intelligence on the screen, showing code from various programming languages and a neural network diagram. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A person works at a computer with an illustrative image generated by artificial intelligence on the screen, showing code from various programming languages and a neural network diagram. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Maxim Skulachev, a Russian biologist at the Moscow State University. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Share of Global Inventions Drops Below 0.8% as Patent Filings Hit Historic Low")
![Lines of cargo wagons at the Danube Oil Co. vegetable oil factory at the Port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River in Giurgiulesti, Moldova. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Lines of cargo wagons at the Danube Oil Co. vegetable oil factory at the Port of Giurgiulesti on the Danube River in Giurgiulesti, Moldova. (Source: Getty Images)")
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-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
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