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 serviceman of Security Service of Ukraine escorts Chinese prisoner of war in Kyiv on April 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
A batch of fiber-optic drones are seen before being handed over to the Ukrainian armed forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 1, 2025. (Mykhaylo Palinchak via Getty Images)
The flags of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine are seen prior to talks on March 11, 2025, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Salah Malkawi via Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce via Getty Images)
A view of a destroyed hospital building after a Russian drone attack on March 19, 2025, in Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (Pavlo Zarva/Kordon.Media/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier holds an FPV drone at arm’s length during military exercises on March 15, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop via Getty Images)