Medics of the the 47th “Magura” Separate Mechanized Brigade help a Ukrainian serviceman, who was recently wounded in the town of Avdiivka, inside a medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 16, 2023. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 65th mechanized brigade smoke on position of a Soviet-made 2s1 Gvozdyka 120mm howitzer in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, 15 November 2023, amid the Russian invasion. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Kateryna Klochko/EPA)





A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat on the shore of Dnipro river at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday October 15, 2023. (Photo by Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo)





A local resident stands next to a residential building heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





Ukrainian servicemen take part in anti-sabotage drills, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian service member carries a portrait of a British combat medic, who joined Ukrainian Armed Forces as a volunteer and was killed by Russian troops in the country's East, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during his funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman walks next to a residential building heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





Members of Ukraine's National Guard Omega Special Purpose unit fire a mortar toward Russian troops in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





Policemen hand over a man wounded to employees of Ukrainian Emergency Service on a road outside in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, on November 13, 2023, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen check their Sweden made CV90 armored infantry combat vehicle on a position pointing in the direction of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on November 27, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian military medics treat a wounded Ukrainian serviceman at a stabilisation point near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 14, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





In this photo provided by the Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss”, a Ukrainian soldier holds an anti-drone gun on his position near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, November 23, 2023. (Shandyba Mykyta, Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss” via AP)





Ukrainian soldiers collect the remains of artillery shells at their fighting position in the direction of Bakhmut as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on November 11, 2023. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Ukrainian soldier walks through a trench at his infantry position in the direction of Lugansk Oblast as Russia and Ukraine war continues in Ukraine on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Ukrainian servicemen fire an artillery during an anti drone drill in Chernigiv region on November 11, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)