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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)
Russia
Russia
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A train from Kaliningrad enters Lithuania on April 16, 2022, in Kybartai, Lithuania. (Photo by Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks at the plenary session during the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum SPIEF 2022, on June 17, 2022, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
In the Media
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A ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv on January 25, 2022, in Boryspil, Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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A man pushes a bicycle as he walks past a building of Mashgidroprivod plant, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on June 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images)
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The transporter erector, used to load Minuteman III ballistic missiles, is raised during an annual proofload test at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on April 2, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Boster)
Commentary
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his press conference at the Ashgabat International Airport on June 29, 2022, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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Michael R. Pompeo delivering a speech at Hudson Institute. (Cherie Cullen).
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MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (U.S. Army)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Jan. 19. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march on Red Square during a military parade in Moscow on June 24, 2020. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
In the Media
Experts
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
