A Ukrainian serviceman known as Gerych, of the 3rd separate assault brigade, smokes a cigarette while driving a vehicle, at the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers on a Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicle at their positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (Photo by Roman Chop via AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade fires a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 57th Kost Hordiienko Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade looks into the sky for enemy drones, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine n June 25, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower rocket launcher, captured by the Ukrainian army battalion “Da Vinci”, towards the Russian positions on the frontline near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023. Writing on its body reads “Da Vinci”, a code name of the battalion commander Dmytro Kotsiubaylo, who was killed in battle. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier looks on next to a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower rocket launcher, captured by the Ukrainian army battalion “Da Vinci”, on the frontline near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian policeman of special police unit pets a cat at the front line, near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier prepares a Croatian RAK-SA-12 128mm multiple rocket launcher to fire towards the Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023. (Photo by Roman Chop via AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 10th Assault Brigade Edelweiss fires a D-30 cannon towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Female Ukrainian cadets, wearing new military uniforms designed specially for women, attend the “Uniform matters” event organised to present the outfit and test it under military training conditions, on the outskirts of Kyiv on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd separate assault brigade fire a 82mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 30, 2023. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers from Tank battalion of the 24th separate mechanized brigade named after king Danylo are seen with T-72 tank on positions near Konstantinivka in Donbas, Ukraine on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A Ukrainian soldier looks at the sky searching for a drone on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman of an air reconnaissance squad of the 45th Brigade carries a Leleka reconnaissance UAV after its landing at a position in Donetsk region on June 27, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers fire towards Russian positions on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)