A serviceman of 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces uses an RPG-7 grenade launcher during a training, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in the east of Ukraine on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)





Ukrainian servicemen react after they were released by Russia as part of an expected prisoner swap on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. There were 175 servicemen exchanged on each side, the Russian Defense Ministry said. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Servicemen from anti-drone mobile air defence unit of 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are seen at their position, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters)





In this handout photograph taken on April 8, 2025 and released on April 9, 2025 by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukrainian servicemen fire a mobile MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) at an undislosed location on the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko/65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP Photo)





Young Ukrainian civilians with the 'Centuria' organisation take part in tactical training in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, 15 April 2025. Founded in 2020 by veterans of the Azov Brigade, Centuria provides a space for youth aged 14 and above who are interested in defending Ukraine to gain military and combat medical training, with a focus on national identity. The training sessions do not involve live ammunition. The organisation says it has over 3,000 members and branches in several Ukrainian cities. (Photo by Maria Senovilla/EPA)





A Ukrainian serviceman practices on a training ground in east Ukraine on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade/AP Photo)





Servicemen of the 49th Separate Assault Battalion Carpathian Sich of the Armed Forces of Ukraine rest at their position at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on April 5, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





A handout photo made available by the press service of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on 24 March 2025 shows servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo receiving brigade coins following military training at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 21 March 2025, amid the Russian invasion. (Photo by 24th Mechanized Brigade Press Service/EPA)





A brother in arms of Marharyta Polovinko, 31, Ukrainian artist, paramedic and volunteer from 3rd Assault brigade, who was killed recently on the frontline, mourns over her coffin during the funeral ceremony in Krivyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, April 11, 2025. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Mobilized Ukrainian Air Assault Forces soldiers practice aiming and shooting at a moving wooden target simulating a drone during basic military training. (Photo by Andriy Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty Images)





Servicemen of the 49th Separate Assault Battalion Carpathian Sich of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ride a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle after the combat mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine on April 8, 2025. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)





Soldiers participate in live fire training with 59th Battalion near the frontline in Donbas, Ukraine on March 20, 2025. (Photo by Federico Quintana/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A serviceman of Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade uses a grenade launcher during a training exercise, in an undisclosed location in the east of Ukraine on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian Armed Forces)





An officer of Ukraine's 2nd Self-Proppelled Battery of the 59th Assault Brigade from the Vinnytsia region, callsign “Black Jack”, on rotation out of the eastern combat zone, pauses outside his bedroom where a stuffed toy belonging to his daughter lies on his bed, at a resting house during a five-day leave in the rear of the frontlines at an undisclosed location in the Dnipropetrovsk region before returning to the Pokrovsk defense effort, in Ukraine, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)





Natalia, 51, a mother of three, serving as a combat medic in the 24th Mechanized Brigade takes part in a field training exercise in an undisclosed location in the eastern region of Ukraine, on March 18, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)