Service members of the 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a training as recruits, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier walks past the scene of a Russian strike minutes earlier near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on Sunday, August 17, 2025. (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times/Redux)





Ukrainian service members are stationed in the country’s Donetsk region, near the front lines of the war with Russia, on Thursday, September 18, 2025. (Photo by Serhii Korovainyi/Reuters)





A member of the Ukrainian armed forces installs anti-drone nets over a road in the Donetsk region on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers prepare to launch an Avenger UAV drone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/AP Photo)





Artillerymen of the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade unload shells for an M114 self-propelled howitzer, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





A serviceman of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces looks up to check for Russian combat drones as he rides a pickup truck, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 22, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





Servicemen of the 148th Artillery Brigade “Zhytomyr” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 23, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





A serviceman of the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stands at a position near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on September 3, 2025. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Ukrainian soldiers inspect a vehicle recently struck by a Russian FPV kamikaze drone that ambushed them near the frontline on October 16, 2025 in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. The frontline city of Kostiantynivka lies in ruins after months of relentless Russian assaults, with destroyed buildings, empty streets, and traces of both military presence and civilian survival visible throughout the area. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)





A serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a M2 Browning machine gun during combat shift on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 20, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





Burns are seen on the face of Artem aka “Lisnyk”, a Ukrainian soldier of Da Vinci Wolves Battalion who was injured during fighting with Russian forces at the front line on Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine, Sunday, August 10, 2025. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A servicewoman of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attends a military drill near a frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Ukrainian Armed Forces via Reuters)





Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defense unit during an overnight shift, in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine, on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Maksym Kishka/Reuters)