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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 artillerymen fire the M109 self-propelled howitzer during training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on May 12, 2022. (US Army photo by Sgt. Spencer Rhodes)
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Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 30, 2022. (Kremlin via Wikimedia Commons)
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Ukraine-bound M777 Howitzers staged at March Air Reserve Base, California, on April 22, 2022. (US Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Austin Fraley)
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Airmen of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron load pallets of Ukraine-bound ammunition to a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on August 7, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Capt. Emma Quirk)
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A Ukrainian soldier walks along a trench at a position along the front line in the Donetsk region on August 15, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin attends a Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on July 31 2022. (Getty Images)
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Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces participate in tactical exercises in the forest near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A destroyed tank of the Russian army is seen at Kukhari, Kyiv Oblast, on July 9, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A house burns after being shelled during an artillery duel between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the city of Lysychansk, Ukraine, on June 11, 2022. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
