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Ukrainian artillerymen check their weapons and special equipment before going to the frontline in Kherson, Ukraine, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A US Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires a rocket as part of Nordic Strike 22 at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, on September 27, 2022. (US Army Photo by Spc. Devin Klecan)

Leaders of member states of NATO line up for a group photograph on June 29, 2022, in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

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)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Jan. 19. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks on stage during the closing campaign session of the FIDESZ party, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on April 1, 2022. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/ AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers sit on a armored military vehicle in the city of Severodonetsk, Donbas region, on April 7, 2022. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 15, 2022. (President of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons)

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 30, 2017. (Pavel Golovkin/AFP via Getty Images)