A soldier of the Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) ride an APC during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine Friday, November 3, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) looks on during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine Friday, November 3, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen evacuate injured comrade at the frontline close to the Dnipro near Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, October 14, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Member of the Siberian Battalion of the Ukraine's Armed Forces International Legion with call sign “Buryat”, a 29-year-old who came from Russia's Republic of Buryatia to join the battalion, attends military exercises, amid ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Kyiv region, Ukraine on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





Members of the Siberian Battalion of the Ukraine's Armed Forces International Legion attend military exercises, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Kyiv region, Ukraine on October 24, 2023. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman walks past a banner depicting Russia on fire with words “The evil empire must fall” in central Kyiv, on October 26, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)





A sniper callsign “Kuzya” (C) with other Ukrainian members of the sniper team called “Ghosts of Bakhmut” prepare for their frontline mission, in an undisclosed location near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, on September 25, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





Members of a newly-formed “Siberian Battalion” within the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in a military training exercise outside Kyiv on October 24, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A newly formed “Siberian Battalion” as part of the International Legion within the Ukrainian Armed Forces is made up of Russians who have come to fight against their fellow citizens. They were a varied group-both ethnic Russians with long-standing opposition views and members of minority ethnic groups. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP Photo)





“Siberian Battalion” members attending their military training as part of preparing to fight against the Russian troops on a shooting range near Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 October 2023. The “Siberian Battalion” military unit was formed as part of the International Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and contains Russian nationals of former military personnel, civil activists and volunteers who choose to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)





A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of Dnipro at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, October 15, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen point a mortar as they fire toward Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A Ukrainian serviceman observes an area at a position near a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 15, 2023. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/Reuters)





Andriy of the combined sapper unit of the police department, de-mines territory near the Eastern-Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukraine on October 24 2023 amid the Russian invasion. The unit is involved in the most complex and responsible mine clearance work and includes two sapper specialists Valeriy, 55, from Dnieper, and Andriy, 38, from Lviv, who returned to work after losing their limbs during de-mining near Kherson and Kharkiv. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by Sergey Kozlov/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Serviceman of the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, callsign Buryi, 30-years-old, cleans a camera of a Shark drone before launching, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Alina Smutko/Reuters)





Ukrainian servicemen build a bridge during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)