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![View of the European Union flag and a Ukrainian flag flying in front of the Big Ben during the demonstration at the Parliament Square. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Tranche of Nearly €2.8 Billion Set for Ukraine Under EU Facility")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Putin Proposes May 9 Ceasefire in 90-Minute Trump Call on Ukraine")
![Pupils of a secondary school listen to Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin’s address at the first day of the new school year in Moscow on September 1, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Pupils of a secondary school listen to Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin’s address at the first day of the new school year in Moscow on September 1, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Russian intelligence services carried out one of the largest cyberattacks on the Moldovan healthcare system. (Source: Center for Countering Disinformation)]( "Moldova Reports Major Cyberattack on National Medical Database Affecting 30% of Data")
![Illustrative image: bulk carrier ARGO I is docked at the grain terminal of the port of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 10, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image: bulk carrier ARGO I is docked at the grain terminal of the port of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 10, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (L), China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi during a meeting in Beijing, China. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (L), China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi during a meeting in Beijing, China. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Israeli HMMWV fitted with an anti-drone netting system during operations in Lebanon. (Source: Clash Report)]( "Israeli HMMWV fitted with an anti-drone netting system during operations in Lebanon. (Source: Clash Report)")
![Russian intelligence online recruitment video games Africa]( "Do You Play Video Games? Russian Intelligence May Be Recruiting You—Especially in Africa")
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Video games have long ceased to be just entertainment—today they are digital worlds where communities, ideologies, and trust are formed. But alongside millions of players, there are also those who use these spaces not for gaming, but for influence. From Discord chats and live streams to war mods and virtual simulations of real conflicts, recruitment can begin unnoticed, right in the middle of an ordinary game.![Anna Netrebko, Russian singer, waves to the final applause at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden after singing Lady Macbeth in the performance of "Macbeth,” on September 15, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "“Putin's Diva” Anna Netrebko to Perform in Paris at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 2026")
![A Boeing P-8 Poseidon, an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, takes off from RAF Mildenhall on January 07, 2026, in Mildenhall, England. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Boeing P-8 Poseidon, an American maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, takes off from RAF Mildenhall on January 07, 2026, in Mildenhall, England. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A missile launch vehicle, believed to carry an intercontinental ballistic missile, is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang marking Kim Il Sung’s birthday, April 15, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A missile launch vehicle, believed to carry an intercontinental ballistic missile, is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang marking Kim Il Sung’s birthday, April 15, 2017. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Türkiye, on April 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Türkiye, on April 17, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A soldier from the 13th Khartiia Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard wears a headset to fly an FPV drone during the tests of the net gun used to combat FPV-type UAVs in Ukraine, on January 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A soldier from the 13th Khartiia Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard wears a headset to fly an FPV drone during the tests of the net gun used to combat FPV-type UAVs in Ukraine, on January 7, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
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