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Ukrainians gather to denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after six months in the post, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

Zelenskyy’s ouster of defense chief sparks backlash, questions over Ukraine’s wartime government

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

Jan Polak, right, and Martin Ondracek from the Czech organization, Weapons to Ukraine, look at a Flamingo cruise missile which was paid for by their crowdfunding campaign, at the Fire Point factory at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pompeo becomes adviser to scrutinized Ukraine defense company that’s looking to boost missiles

By Samya Kullab and Efrem Lukatsky - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, rescue workers put out a fire of a barn destroyed by a Russian strike in Odesa region, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia launches a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing 3 and wounding dozens

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo provided by the Australian Department of Defense, a Japanese Type 12 surface-to-ship missile is launched by the Second Artillery Brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at Beecroft Weapons Range near Jervis Bay, Australia, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, as part of Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint exercise involving 19 nations and 35,000 military personnel. (PTE Alex Brown/Australian Department of Defense via AP)

Japan accelerates missile deployment amid rising regional tensions

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Local residents stand outside a mosque of an Islamic seminary partially damaged by a suspected Indian missile attack, outskirts of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)

India fires missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad calls it an ‘act of war’ and says it downed Indian jets

By Munir Ahmed, Sheikh Saaliq, Riazat Butt, Rajesh Roy and Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, Russian soldiers ride atop Akatsiya self-propelled gun at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine looks to entice younger men into the military by offering special rewards

By Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, Russian servicemen attend a combat training for assault units in an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv doesn’t confirm the loss

By Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this image from video, Wu Qian, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson, speaks during a Defense Ministry press conference held in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Borg Wong)

High-ranking military official in China suspended and placed under investigation

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In this image made from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a Russian sniper, in an undisclosed location, fires towards Ukrainian forces. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

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Ukrainian servicemen examine fragments of a Russian military plane that was shot down on the outskirts of Kostyantynivka, a near-front line city in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Ukraine shoots down a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press conference with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photo via AP)

Zelenskyy hopes for quick U.S. action as another arms depot is hit in Russia

By Tony Hicks - Associated Press

Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral at the Beloostrovskoye Cemetery outside St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 24, 2022, of Dmitry Menshikov, one of his mercenaries who died fighting in Ukraine. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June 2023 mounted a brief armed rebellion that was the most serious challenge to the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo, File)

A year ago, Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin with a mutiny

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, prior to their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says it downed 10 U.S.-supplied missiles over Crimea as Blinken visits Kyiv

By Matthew Lee and Illia Novikov - Associated Press

In this photo taken from video released by Ivanovo Novosti Telegram Channel on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, a flame seen from a Russian military Il-76 transport plane outside Ivanovo, Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry says that a military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed while taking off from an air base in western Russia. (Ivanovo Novosti Telegram Channel via AP)

A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on takeoff, officials say

Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from validated UGC video show flames rising from the scene of a warplane crashed at a residential area near Yablonovo, Belgorod region, Wednesday, Jun. 23, 2024. Russia says a military transport plane that was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war has crashed in a Russian region near Ukraine. (Validated UGC video via AP)

Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane, killing 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard

Associated Press

Two soldiers fold the national flag during the daily flag ceremony in Liberty Square of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 30, 2022. Taiwan said Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) **FILE**

Taiwan says 6 Chinese balloons flew through its airspace and warplanes and ships also detected

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

A firefighter carries a man from a damaged residential building after a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Russian ballistic missiles strike Ukraine’s largest cities, killing at least 4 and injuring over 100

By Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

U.S. military personnel work near F-35 fighter jets of the Vermont Air National Guard, parked in the military base at Skopje Airport, North Macedonia, on Friday, June 17, 2022. The Czech government on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 approved a Defense Ministry plan to acquire 24 U.S. F-35 fighter jets in a deal worth some 150 billion Czech crowns ($6.5 billion). (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, file)

Czech government approved defense ministry plan to acquire two dozen U.S. F-35 fighter jets

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts routine underway operations in the Taiwan Strait, on Sept. 9, 2023. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell/U.S. Navy via AP)

Taiwan says China is bolstering coastline military bases facing the self-ruled island

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

This photo shows an exterior view of the Defense Ministry of Japan with its sign at the main entrance in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. A panel of experts that investigated harassment cases in Japan's military and Defense Ministry said Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, it found widespread coverups and reluctance among supervisors to deal with cases, and recommended fundamental improvements. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japanese government panel finds rampant coverups, mishandling of harassment cases in military

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press