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Ukrainian artillerymen aim a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer near Pokrovsk on February 12, 2026, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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A Tencore unmanned ground vehicle TerMIT is seen being driven through the snow during a demonstration on February 20, 2026, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Luke Coffey and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna at Hudson Institute on February 23, 2026.
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Caption Naval units from Iran and Russia carry out joint naval drills at the Port of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan, Iran, on February 19, 2026. (Getty Images) Share to Twitter
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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a car on February 23, 2025, in Moscow. (Getty Images)
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The Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge is seen spanning the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Wikimedia Commons)
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An F-16 fighter jet leaves Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands for Ukraine on May 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian serviceman of the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade launches a FlyEye reconnaissance drone on April 14, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Soldiers assemble a Ukrainian GARA drone before a combat mission in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 23, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
