A Ukrainian soldier carries a shell with a written message to the Russian army, in the front line position near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, October 27, 2022. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman sits in a tank, in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers clean the muzzle of Ukrainian howitzer D-30 near Siversk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Inna Varenytsia/AP Photo)





A newly married couple, Ukrainian soldier Kurilo Ihor, who has drive an ambulence, and Lushnikova Yila are seen in Kharkiv, Ukraine on September 15, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A Ukrainian gunner sits in his 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) on the front line in Southern Ukraine on October 8, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's 5th Regiment of Assault Infantry fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line near Toretsk in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, September 23, 2022. Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages on Thursday as both sides refused to concede ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after seven months of war. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian territorial defence deminer takes Russian ammunition left behind as his team clears mines near Grakove village, Ukraine, Thursday, October 13, 2022. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier shows a V-sign atop a vehicle in Izium, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more Kremlin troops fleeing ahead of the counteroffensive that has inflicted a stunning blow on Moscow's military prestige. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier looks on during a patrol in the frontline city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on September 24, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the northeastern town of Kupiansk, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces, clashes continued with the Russian army entrenched on the eastern side of the Oskil River. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman smokes a cigarette after he finds and identifies a dead body of a comrade in recently recaptured town of Lyman, Ukraine, Monday, October 3, 2022. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier holds up the Russian flag to demonstrate at recently retaken area in Izium, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on September 13, 2022. Ukraine has successfully pressed its counteroffensive, forcing Russian troops to retreat in several areas of the east and the south. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/AP Photo)





A slogan is seen painted on a helmet of Ukrainian recruit during a five-week combat training course with the UK armed forces near Durrington in southern England on October 11, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers charge across a plain, brandishing rifles as smoke drifts from an explosion. But the recent recruits are not on the front line back home. They are in Britain, where the army is helping them to learn vital battlefield skills. (Photo by Daniel Leal/AFP Photo)





Soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine share their tea in a dugout in the northern occupied territories of Kharkiv region on October 21, 2022, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier prepares a mortar in the front line near Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battle against the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, October 27, 2022. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)