The body of a dead serviceman lies in the rubble of an area fortified by Ukrainian military and nationalist units, with an extensive network of trenches and firing points on April 27, 2022. The combatants refused to surrender voluntarily and were destroyed by an artillery strike. (Photo by Russian Defence Ministry/TASS)





A member of the Ukrainian army walks in a trench at a checkpoint near the frontline at Huliaipole district, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, 27 April 2022. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)





A Ukrainian special forces officer stands near a damaged hangar containing the wreckage of the world's largest plane, the Ukrainian cargo Antonov An-225 Mriya “Dream”, at the Gostomel airfield near Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 08 April 2022. The plane was destroyed amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA/EFE)





A Ukrainian serviceman enters a tank during the repair works after fighting against Russian forces in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian servicewoman walks at a position, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Luhansk Region, Ukraine on April 26, 2022. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters)





Service members of pro-Russian troops ride an infantry combat vehicle during fighting in Ukraine-Russia conflict near the Azovstal steel plant in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine on May 5, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier cleans his Kalashnikov rifle while on duty near the frontline in Sviatohirsk, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 27, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a site after an airstrike by Russian forces in Bahmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman holds his rifle with a Christian rosary hanging from it on the trenchesâ battlefield near to Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022. (Photo by Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A female Ukrainian soldier puts a heart-shaped and Ukrainian flag coloured accessary given by a child at a checkpoint in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on April 23, 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier carries a machine-gun salvaged from a destroyed Russian military machinery in the areas recaptured by the Ukrainian army in the city of Bucha, Ukraine, 03 April 2022. Dmitrivka and the area around had recently been recaptured by the Ukrainian army from Russian forces. (Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA/EFE)





Ukrainian serviceman walks next to a destroyed Russian tank in Rusaniv, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, 16 April 2022. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)





Ukrainian soliders ride on a truck to a resting place after fighting in the front line for two months near Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 30, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen walk to patrol a territory in Luhanske village of Donetsk area, Ukraine, 28 April 2022 amid the Russian invasion. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February resulting in fighting and destruction in the country and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions on Russia by Western countries. (Photo by EPA/EFE/Stringer)





A Ukrainian soldier rests in his room at a frontline field hospital near Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, 09 May 2022. On 24 February, Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations High Commission for the Refugees (UNHCR) last report on the situation of Ukraine released on 05 May, more than 5.3 million refugees have fled Ukraine making this the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II. A further 7.7 million people have been displaced internally within Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)