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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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A Ukrainian soldier conducts training on April 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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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)
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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)
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a press conference in Paris, on March 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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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)
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives at the Special European Council in Brussels on March 6, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)
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A screen grab from a video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in military uniform, visiting a command post in Kursk, Russia, on March 12, 2025. (Kremlin Press Office via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Jorge Silva/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (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
