A wounded soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade smokes as he waits for evacuation near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, September 4, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Ukrainian paramedics from 3rd Assault brigade carry on a stretcher their wounded comrade from an APC to the evacuation ambulance near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday September 12, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian service members are seen at their position near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region , Ukraine on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade looks on against the background of an APC near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, September 4, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade jumps in a trench under the shelling near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, September 4, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Soldiers of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade share a joke as they stand on their position near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, September 3, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position in Donetsk region, Ukraine on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman from the 3rd Assault Brigade, aka Bogun, takes cover in a bunker at the frontline in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, September 16, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade gives first aid to his wounded comrade, call sign Polumya (Flame), 19, near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, September 4, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





An assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia' raises the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of liberation of the frontline village of Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, September 16, 2023. The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen carry bags containing bodies of a dead Russian soldiers, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Blahodatne in Donetsk Region Ukraine on September 8, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers move to the ambulance an injured woman after a Russian rocket attack on a food market in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 47th Magura Separate Mechanized Brigade prepares a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle for combat activities at a position near a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





An assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign “Fedia”, runs to his position at the frontline in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, September 16, 2023. The brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian service members of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade attend military exercises near the town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)