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Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran

The Russian president promised continued retaliation against the Ukrainians and “full solidarity” with Iran.

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Pedestrians walking past a mural of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in downtown Tehran on Monday.
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Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China

A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.

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Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
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Why Putin Is Fighting On, Even as His Problems Multiply

There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that despite Moscow’s challenges, he believes Kyiv’s situation is worse.
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Putin Visits Islands Seized From Japan in World War II, Angering Tokyo

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has been a public critic of Mr. Putin, who has denounced her country’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.

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