A Ukrainian serviceman flies a drone to spot Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, in the region of Donbas, on March 5, 2023. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier feeds a dog in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. The relentless Russian bombardment has reduced Bakhmut to smoldering wasteland with few buildings still standing intact as Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have fought ferocious house-to-house battles amid the ruins. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian Army soldier surveys a blown bridge in the Siverskiy-Donets river on February 27, 2023 in Bogorodychne, Ukraine. Last February, Russia's military invaded Ukraine from three sides and launched airstrikes across the country. Since then, Moscow has withdrawn from north and central parts of Ukraine, focusing its assault on the eastern Donbas region, where it had supported a separatist movement since 2014. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)





An Ukrainian serviceman shaves his beard near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on March 17, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian pilot waves to his comrades from a Mi-8 combat helicopters during a combat mission in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian police officer takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





An Ukrainian serviceman attaches a hand grenade on a drone to use in an attack, near Bachmut, in the region of Donbas, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman looks at a damaged car after a shelling in the village of Chasiv Yar on March 11, 2023 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen walk on a street as he just come back from tranches of Bakhmut in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldier carries a portable anti-aircraft missile system in the area of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Photo by Roman Chop/AP Photo)





Volunteer soldiers rest in a shelter on their positions close to Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, March 2, 2023.(Photo by Iryna Rybakova/AP Photo)





A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on February 28, 2020. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on March 10, 2020, and nine others wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, the second “escalation” of the conflict in recent weeks. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian medic “Doc” with the 28th Brigade runs through a partially dug trench along the frontline on March 05, 2023 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine. The Ukrainian Army medic, an Odessa dentist in civilian life, said was a guitarist in band Uragan Metal for 13 years before he joined the Army following the Russian invasion. Russian forces have been attacking Ukrainian troops as part of an offensive to encircle Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)