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In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, May 19, 2025, Russian servicemen ride an infantry fighting vehicle as they attend a combat training for assault units in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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This photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, shows a Su-25 ground attack jet of the Russian air force firing rockets during a mission over Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

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In this handout photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying a spacecraft of the Russian Defense Ministry takes off from a launch pad of Plesetsk Cosmodrome outside Plesetsk, northern Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

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In this photo taken from undated footage distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, an intercontinental ballistic missile lifts off from a truck-mounted launcher somewhere in Russia. The Russian military said the Avangard hypersonic weapon entered combat duty on Friday. The Kremlin has made modernization of Russia's strategic nuclear forces one of its top priorities. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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FILE - In this photo provided on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows an Islamic State group base targeted by a Russian air strike , around Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Photo via AP, File)

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FILE -- In this file photo provided on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian air force Tu-22M3 bombers strike the Islamic State targets the IS around Deir el-Zour, eastern Syria. Syrian government and allied troops have inserted themselves into the battle against Islamic State militants by capturing key areas on the flanks of the coalition-led battle to seize Raqqa. They have positioned themselves as indispensable possibly spoilers in the fight to uproot the militants from Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

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FILE - In this file photo provided on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a lineup of Russian troops is held before withdrawal at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Russia claimed Friday, June 16, 2017 it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders just outside the IS de facto capital in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders. (Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, file)

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This undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show a Russian Military engineer distributing juice to local children in Aleppo, Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

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This undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show Russian Military engineers driving in their APCs to operate in Aleppo, Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

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This undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show a Russian Military engineer operating in Aleppo, Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

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This undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show Russian Military engineers operating in Aleppo, Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

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This undated handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show Russian Military engineers operating in Aleppo, Syria.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian Su-34 bomber lands after returning from Syria at an airbase near the Russian city Voronezh, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Russian warplanes and troops stationed at Russia's air base in Syria started leaving for home on Tuesday after a partial pullout order from President Vladimir Putin the previous day, a step that raises hopes for progress at the newly reconvened U.N.-brokered peace talks in Geneva. (Olga Balashova/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)