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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian explosives experts and police officers examine parts of a Shahed 136 military drone following an air attack in Kharkiv on June 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok via Getty Images)
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Fighters of the UAV unit of the Striletskyi Special Police Battalion of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Police Department in Ukraine on May 23, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on May 9, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel via Getty Images)
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A soldier of the artillery crew of the Rifle Battalion special unit of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region on May 23, 2025 (Dmytro Smolienko via Getty Images)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
