An artilleryman of the 13th Operative Purpose Brigade 'Khartiia' of the National Guard of Ukraine exercises with a kettlebell, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on the frontline, near the village of Lyptsi in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers who just came from battle stand near an ambulance at a 47th Brigade field hospital near Avdiivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Artillerymen from Ukraine fire a mortar toward Russian troops near the village of Lyptsi in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers load a shell into a self-propelled howitzer before firing toward Russian positions in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the Sky Hunters unit of the 65-th brigade operates a drone on the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, June 14, 2024. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian service members react as they watch the Euro 2024 match between Romania and Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





A serviceman of 24th Mechanized brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces plays a piano in a damaged building, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 25, 2024. (Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)





A Ukrainian military instructor of Arey Battalion demonstrates to convict prisoners who have joined the Ukrainian Army how to use a grenade luncher on a rifle during training at the polygon, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, June 22, 2024. Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia's full-scale invasion. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian national guard servicemen of Khartia brigade take cover after firing towards Russian positions by a D-20 cannon at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 10, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian service members of the 110th Colonel-General Marko Bezruchko Separate Mechanized Brigade load shells to a RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system at a unit's recharge point as they prepare to go to a position to fire towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman practices shooting at a training ground in the Donetsk region, on June 18, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier, Anton, 32, of 43rd artillery brigade fire by 2s7 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 24, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A relative congratulates a young officer of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University during a graduation ceremony, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 21, 2024. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Infantry secure the area for the 3rd Assault Brigade at sunset on July 1, 2024 in Kharkiv Region, Borovaya Directions, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces successfully repelled a drive by Russian forces to seize more ground near Kharkiv this spring, but Russia continues its bombardment of the region. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)





A Ukrainian serviceman hugs his partner who arrived on a train from Kyiv, at a railway station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on June 15, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)