In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher near the front lines of the conflict in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)
An oil drilling platform waiting to be repaired in Cromarty Firth near the port of Invergordon, Scotland, on May 29, 2010. (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)
Ukrainian solders conduct squad battle drills as part of Operation Fearless Guardian II, an initiative to increase Ukrainian defense compatibility with NATO forces, in Ukraine on December 15, 2015. (US Army Photo by Adriana M. Diaz-Brown)
A Russian RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile complex during the Victory Day Parade main rehearsals on May 7, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line in Donetsk, Ukraine, on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)