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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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A tank participates in a live fire exercise of Leopard 1A5 crews in Ukraine on February 5, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian Army soldier stands on an American Bradley Fighting Vehicle on January 15, 2025, in Sumy, Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Sergei Bobylov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A local resident stands outside of a destroyed building following a missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on November 17, 2024. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden announces an aid package for Ukraine on October 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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