Ukrainian soldiers rest at their position on the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier rests at his position on the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to fire a M109 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Soldiers carry the coffin with 22-year old Oleksander Mykhailenko's remains in Zhukin, Ukraine, Friday, August 11, 2023. Oleksander, a soldier in the Ukrainian army, died in battle in the Kharkiv region in March this year but his body was only identified recently. (Photo by Bram Janssen/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers sit inside self-propelled howitzer at the front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, August 9, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A participant takes part in a trainig during her 5 days of National resistance military training for civilians, in Kyiv, on August 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian service members fire a mortar at their positions at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine on August 7, 2023. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters)





A Ukrainian soldier watches a Grad multiple launch rocket system firing shells with flyers near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, August 13, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier smiles at the front line near Bakhmut, one of the longest battles with Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, August 14, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers fire the D-30 artillery to Russian positions in the direction of Klishchiivka as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 12, 2023. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Ukrainian soldier, from the 24th separate mechanized brigade, named after King Danylo, eats his dinner in the front line positions near New York, Donbass, Ukraine on August 08, 2023. New York had nearly had ten thousand residents before the war, and despite the constant shelling of Russian forces, there are still approximately a thousand residents here. Although the frontline here is stable, Russian forces are positioned about 700-800 meters away, so the city is under constant fire. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian positions from a trench on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, June 23, 2023. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian soldier of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after King Danylo, operates the test flight a new FPV drone in the training area as soldiers test their new military equipment as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A sapper of 128th separate territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wearing “spider boots”, a protection system that prevents or minimises feet and legs injury, takes part in a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, August 12 2023. (Photo by Libkos/AP Photo)