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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 President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier sits behind an MR-2 Viktor anti-aircraft system on September 11, 2024, in Sudzha, Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) drives down the street on August 27, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A Stryker fighting vehicle drives down the street on August 30, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman loads a robotic minelaying ground platform with land mines during military training in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 31, 2024. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire after a Russian bombing in the town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on September 4, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldier hides behind a tree on August 16, 2024, in Sudzha, Russia. (Taras Ibragimov/Suspilne Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin sits in a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region on August 12, 2024, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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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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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)
