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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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An employee hangs flags near Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, on April 11, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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A view of burned and abandoned Ukrainian armored vehicle in Ukraine on October 2, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Flags for the United States and Ukraine fly on April 23, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers on an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on February 23, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Russian serviceman stands guard by a military truck on the island of Alexandra Land on May 17, 2021. (Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2024. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers await orders to fire from a 2S1 on September 26, 2024, in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine. (Pierre Crom via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
