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![A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) drone flies in front of Mount Fuji. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Japan Turns to Ukraine’s Battlefield Expertise With New Joint Drone Cluster")
![The 71-meter luxury superyacht Victoria, formally linked to Russian oligarch Gennady Timchenko but reportedly utilized by Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, navigates the waters. (Source: Marine Traffic)]( "The 71-meter luxury superyacht Victoria, formally linked to Russian oligarch Gennady Timchenko but reportedly utilized by Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, navigates the waters. (Source: Marine Traffic)")
![Terminal 2 at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, France. (Source: Getty Images)]( "France Becomes Fourth EU Nation to Restrict Visa Rules for Russian Citizens")
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![Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, speaks at the ceremony marking the assumption of responsibility for parts of NATO's defense on the eastern flank, on 30 June 2026, in Valga, Estonia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, speaks at the ceremony marking the assumption of responsibility for parts of NATO's defense on the eastern flank, on 30 June 2026, in Valga, Estonia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Alisa Dvoeglazova, a Russian figure skater performs during the “Champions on Ice” show at the Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Alisa Dvoeglazova, a Russian figure skater performs during the “Champions on Ice” show at the Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![An employee walks across stores of granulated carbamide fertilizer at OAO EuroChem, Russia’s largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers, in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An employee walks across stores of granulated carbamide fertilizer at OAO EuroChem, Russia’s largest producer of nitrogen fertilizers, in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A member of the British military prepares for Exercise Hyperion Storm at Leeming and the Otterburn Training Area in the north of England, on January 30, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A member of the British military prepares for Exercise Hyperion Storm at Leeming and the Otterburn Training Area in the north of England, on January 30, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Zimbabwean military personnel arrive to secure the area ahead of the ceremony at the National Sport Stadium in Harare, on November 24, 2017. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Zimbabwe Investigators Uncover Alleged Recruitment Pipeline to Russian Army")
![Why Sweden Became One of Ukraine’s Biggest Military Supporters]( "Why Sweden Became One of Ukraine’s Biggest Military Supporters")
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![Photo of Amira Barkhush]( "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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- War in Ukraine
For more than two centuries, Sweden remained militarily non-aligned. Russia’s aggression changed that almost overnight. Today, Sweden is one of Kyiv’s largest military backers, has joined NATO , and is even adapting its own armed forces based on lessons learned from Ukraine’s battlefield.![A streak of light trails off into the night sky. (Source: Getty Images)]( "US Plans First New Nuclear Warhead In Decades For Next Generation Submarines")
![A woman walks past a red star installation, with the Kursk regional administration building. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Elites Contemplate Exit Strategies Over Economic Strain and War Escalation")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Putin Expands Presidential Security Apparatus for the Fourth Time Since the Ukraine Invasion")
![Iranian national flags are placed in front of the ruins of a building in Tehran, Iran. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Iranian national flags are placed in front of the ruins of a building in Tehran, Iran. (Source: Getty Images)")
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-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
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