A Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade shows his dumbbells in a trench at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicewoman nicknamed “Bullet”, who has served in the army for more than one year, stands in front of Ukrainian national flags commemorating the fallen Ukrainian soldiers, at Independence Square on the occasion of International Women's Day in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, 08 March 2024, amid the Russian invasion. International Women's Day is observed annually worldwide on 08 March to highlight women's rights and bring attention to issues such as gender equality, abuse and violence against women and girls. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade aims a 122mm mortar before firing towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier of 80th separate airborne assault brigade fires a D-30 cannon towards Russian positions at the front line, near Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Servicemen carry the coffin of Lithuanian soldier Tadas Tumas, who was killed while fighting in the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, on March 7, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier of 80th separate airborne assault brigade shows a victory sign at his position at the front line, near Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade checks ammunitions in a trench at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A woman cries during a funeral ceremony of Volodymyr Golubnychyi, Ukrainian senior lieutenant of 72nd Mechanized Brigade, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Golubnychyi was killed during the fighting with Russian forces in Vodyane village, Avdiivka direction, on Feb. 19. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen from air defence unit of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade monitor a sky at a frontline, near the town of Bakhmut, Ukraine on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





A Ukrainian serviceman from an air defence unit of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade stands near an anti aircraft cannon at a frontline, near the town of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)





A Ukrainian serviceman of 93rd brigade camouflages a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine on February 22, 2024. (Photo by Inna Varenytsia/Reuters)





A Ukrainian officer from The 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Mariupol Brigade fires a multiple launch rocket system based on a pickup truck towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A volunteer who aspires to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces takes part in a basic training, in Kyiv region, Ukraine on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the National Guard takes part in radiation, chemical and biological hazard drills, near Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters)