A Ukrainian soldier lies on the ground as a tank fires toward Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade runs to his position in the recently retaken village of Blahodatne, Ukraine, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade rests after night duty in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 “Grad” fires towards Russian positions, near Bakhmut at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Iryna Rybakova via AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of 28th brigade guards his position at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian service members are seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the front line in the newly liberated village Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





Ukrainian service members ride a BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the front line in the newly liberated village Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





A Ukrainian service member walks near the body of a Russian soldier near the front line in the newly liberated village Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





Ukrainian service members check a destroyed Russian a BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle near the front line in the newly liberated village Storozheve in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade fire a grenade launcher at the front line near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on June 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman, aka Boroda, of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade, walks past the body of a killed Russian soldier in the recently retaken village of Blahodatne, Ukraine, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen ride on a speedboat in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Many small boats carrying volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers have shuttled across from Ukrainian-held areas on the west bank to rescue desperate civilians stuck on rooftops, in attics and in other areas amid the deluge. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of 68th Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade patrols a street in the recently retaken village of Blahodatne, Ukraine, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of 28th brigade cleans a window of his car before going to frontline positions in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman mans a machine gun as he rides on a MaxxPro MRAP in the recently liberated village of Blagodatne, Donetsk region on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv's forces are pushing onwards, and even the Russian army confirms that its positions in Urozhaine, another two kilometres south of Blagodatne, have come under attack. The push south in this valley is led by the experienced 68th Jaeger (Hunter) Brigade, and is the most concrete sign of Ukrainian progress since the wider offensive began. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)