A Ukrainian soldier sits inside a trench on the front line in the outskirts of Lyman, Ukraine, Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push in northeast Ukraine designed to distract Ukrainian forces from their counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian service member of the 128th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade attends military exercises at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A Ukrainian service member of the 128th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade attends military exercises at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier hides in a trailer from a landing military helicopter in eastern Ukraine, Friday, August 18, 2023. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade smiles 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 soldier smokes a cigarette while operating an intelligence drone in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Saturday, August 19, 2023. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 53rd brigade fires a RPG-9 towards Russian positions at the frontline close to Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, August 19, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier, code name Ara, who lost his hand a year ago in a battle with the Russian troops close to Bakhmut, holds his machine gun at the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, August 15, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman reacts as he bids his last farewell to the fallen Ukrainian pilots and crew members of mi-8 military helicopters Volodymyr Rumar, Ivan Yaroviy, Yuriy Anisimov, Valentyn Vorobets, Victor Opanasiuk during a farewell ceremony in Poltava, Ukraine, Friday, September 1, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A soldier of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade attaches the brigade emblem on his T-shirt, 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 soldier holds his position inside a trench amid Russia and Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Ignacio Marin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Ukrainian servicemen of the 108th Separate Brigade of Territorial Defence fire small multiple launch rocket systems toward Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 19, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a destroyed Ukrainian tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine on August 25, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman smokes in a military car next to the memory wall of fallen defenders of the country after a funeral ceremony his brothers-in-arms, who were recently killed in fights against Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers participate in a blank fire exercise, together with instructors from the Norwegian Home Guard 12th District Company “Hegra”, part of Operation Gungne, where the Norwegian instructors conduct initial training with NATO-standard combat methods to enhance Ukrainian military capabilities, on August 25, 2023, north of Trondheim, Norway. Norwegian Operation Gungne is part of Operation Interflex, a British initiative to assist in building Ukrainian military forces through training in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP Photo)