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In this photo taken from video and released by the Administration of Sergiev Posad municipal district of Moscow region telegram channel on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, smoke rises from the Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant in the city of Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region, about 65 km (41miles) north-east of Moscow, Russia. The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said at least 31 people were injured after a warehouse containing pyrotechnics exploded at a factory north of Moscow. Russian social media channels shared footage that showed huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air and shattered windows. (Administration of Sergiev Posad municipal district of Moscow region telegram channel via AP) ** FILE **

Large explosion rocks factory, creates mushroom-like cloud near Moscow; dozens injured

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Mig-29 fighter of the Ukrainian air force is seen on a mission in Ukraine's war-hit east Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

NATO-supplied air defense network preventing Russian jets from flying over Ukraine: U.K. analysts

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, head to a banquet hall of the ruling Workers’ Party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

N. Korea’s warm welcome wins support of isolated regime; Russian public pressured to accept new ally

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia mounts a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine following its retaliation promise

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National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says top Russian official pitched North Korea on increasing sale of munitions to Moscow

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers from behind a glass cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny due to hear the verdict Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician himself said he expects a lengthy prison term. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia to announce a verdict in Navalny case; the Kremlin critic expects a lengthy prison term

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, head to a banquet hall of the ruling Workers’ Party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, July 27, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Russia sends SOS with ‘Victory Day’ visit, casts aside reputation to get support for war in Ukraine

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Firefighters stand next to a damaged building in the "Moscow City" business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, early Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Ukrainian drones again targeted Moscow and its surroundings early Tuesday morning, the Russian military reported. Two of three launched were shot down outside Moscow, while one crashed into a skyscraper in the Moscow City business district, damaging the building’s facade.(AP Photo)

Russia accuses Ukraine of a drone attack on Moscow that hit the same building just days ago

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

A Russian military landing ship, which now transports cars and people between Crimea and Taman because the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait is closed, sails not far from Kerch, Crimea, on Monday, July 17, 2023. The Crimean Peninsula's balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and has hosted history-shaking meetings of world leaders. And it has been the site of ethnic persecutions, forced deportations and political repression. Now, as Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 18th month, the Black Sea peninsula is again both a playground and a battleground. (AP Photo, File)

The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Press Office, emergency services work at a scene after a missile hits a multi-story apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Monday, July 31, 2023. (Ukrainian Interior Ministry Press Office via AP)

Russian missiles strike an apartment building, killing at least 4 in Ukrainian leader’s hometown

By Felipe Dana - Associated Press

A staff member from DJI Technology Co. demonstrates remote flying with his Phantom 2 Vision+ drone inside his office in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, on Dec. 15, 2014. In an innovative leap towards modernizing crime-fighting, police in one U.S. town are now deploying drones to chase down criminals, marking a significant advancement in law enforcement tactics. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China imposes curbs on drone exports, citing Ukraine and concern about military use

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

People watch as crane workers dismantle debris from a damaged skyscraper in the "Moscow City" business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo)

Armed drones attack Moscow for third time in a week; one injured

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Тouadera, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before an official ceremony to welcome the leaders of delegations to the Russia Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS Host Photo Agency Pool Photo via AP)

Putin woos African leaders at a summit in Russia with promises of expanding trade and other ties

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Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks with The Associated Press about his new role on the House Intelligence Committee, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Himes has been elevated to ranking member after the new Republican leadership removed Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., from the panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. intelligence agencies say China helping Russia evade sanctions, export controls

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk prior to the Supreme State Council of the Union State Russia-Belarus meeting in Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2023. Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern Europe. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Putin’s declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus ramps up saber-rattling

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin set to visit China in October, Kremlin says

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A church personnel salvages items while helping clean up inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral after it was heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south

By Felipe Dana - Associated Press

Malians demonstrate against France and in support of Russia on the 60th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Mali, in Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 22, 2020. On July 27-28, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting delegations from almost all of Africa's 54 countries at the second Russia-Africa Summit. (AP Photo, File)

Russia wants allies, so it’s hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner group top the agenda

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

A view of the damaged building is shown after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo)

Furious Kremlin vows response after Moscow drone attack lands near military HQ

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Schiff Lies and Tumrp Ukraine Impeachment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Trump impeached for being right about Biden family’s Ukraine corruption

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times