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![Russian leader Vladimir Putin holds an iPhone as his spokesman Dmitry Peskov looks on at the APEC Leaders Summit on November 10, 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam.]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin holds an iPhone as his spokesman Dmitry Peskov looks on at the APEC Leaders Summit on November 10, 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam.")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) prior to their talks in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) prior to their talks in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The tanker ST MAUD, formerly known as YARA J, which was reportedly struck by a drone near Sulina, Romania, on October 14, 2026. (Photo: Andreas Modersitzki/MarineTraffic)]( "The tanker ST MAUD, formerly known as YARA J, which was reportedly struck by a drone near Sulina, Romania, on October 14, 2026. (Photo: Andreas Modersitzki/MarineTraffic)")
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![Changan promotion image, featuring the Portuguese national team and Cristiano Ronaldo.]( "Changan promotion image, featuring the Portuguese national team and Cristiano Ronaldo.")
![A Starlink device is pictured which connects the brigade to the internet as servicemen of the 155th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate on the frontline near Pokrovsk on February 9, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Starlink device is pictured which connects the brigade to the internet as servicemen of the 155th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate on the frontline near Pokrovsk on February 9, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian shadow fleet oil tanker DF PEAK escorted by the French Navy towards La Possession bay, off the coast of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian shadow fleet oil tanker DF PEAK escorted by the French Navy towards La Possession bay, off the coast of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD's top candidate for the office of Minister-President, speaks during a special session of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt on October 14, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Pro-Russian Factions Unite in German State Assembly to Challenge Defense Backing for Kyiv")
![KLTV with a machine gun turret from the SAN system. (Photo: Defense24)]( "Norway’s Kongsberg to Make Anti-Drone Cannon Turrets in Poland From 2028")
![Andy Burnham, UK prime minister, during a meeting with Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, and business executives at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on October 8, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Andy Burnham, UK prime minister, during a meeting with Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, and business executives at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on October 8, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The ASML logo appears on a smartphone screen, and the Chinese flag displays as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The ASML logo appears on a smartphone screen, and the Chinese flag displays as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A Ukrainian sailor scans the Solent through binoculars during Exercise Lion Protector off England’s southern coast. (Source: Royal Navy)]( "A Ukrainian sailor scans the Solent through binoculars during Exercise Lion Protector off England’s southern coast. (Source: Royal Navy)")
![Estonia’s Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna takes part in a panel discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum on October 13, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Estonia’s Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna takes part in a panel discussion at the Warsaw Security Forum on October 13, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Captured Russian Geran-2 drone at the Warsaw Security Forum, October 2026.]( "Captured Russian Geran-2 drone at the Warsaw Security Forum, October 2026.")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
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