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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Europe
Europe
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar in the direction of Kreminna, Ukraine, on August 26, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via ABC Australia)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the soldiers in the Kupiansk frontline on November 30, 2023, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Kyiv residents attend a flag-raising ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 23, 2024. (Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle in Toretsk, Ukraine, on August 19, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ursula von der Leyen during the plenary session of the European Parliament on July 18, 2024, in Strasbourg, France. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)
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Former President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walk to the White House June 16, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via PBS)
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Ukrainian soldiers are seen near the Russian store "Magnit" on August 16, 2024, in Sudzha, Russia. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian mechanic after returning from a combat mission in the Kursk Region on August 14, 2024. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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A destroyed Russian tank outside Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, on August 16, 2024. (Yan Dobronosov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region on August 12, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
