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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)
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Ukrainian soldiers load a Vampire drone with an antitank mine in Krasnogorivka, Ukraine, on July 22, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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British soldiers sit on a AS90 155mm self-propelled gun during a live fire training exercise on July 27, 2023, in South West, England. (Finnbarr Webster via Getty Images)
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A view of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024. (Michael Reaves via Getty Images)
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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, took part in the unveiling of a memorial stone on May 18, 2024. (Photo via Flickr)
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare the BM-21 artillery vehicle in its fighting position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 23, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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NATO heads of state at the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 15, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
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Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
