A serviceman, who operates first-person view (FPV) drones, of Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, of the 59th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, poses for a picture at his position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 20, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, servicemen of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fire 2s5 self-propelled 152mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, November 18, 2024. (Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen of the Azov brigade light flares during the funeral ceremony of fallen comrade Ihor Kusochek, in Travkine, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Friday October 4, 2024. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A sapper of 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces takes part in a training session, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Reuters)





Ukrainian service members attend military exercises during drills at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Maksym Kishka/Reuters)





New recruits of the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a military exercise at a training ground, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in southern Ukraine on October 29, 2024. (Photo by Ivan Antypenko/Reuters)





A military chaplain Yuriy conducts an Orthodox service for new recruits of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, named after King Danylo, before their first combat mission, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 3, 2024. (Photo by Inna Varenytsia/Reuters)





A Ukrainian serviceman of the 12th Azov Special Purpose Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine launches a Mara reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle at a position near the town of Toretsk, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A soldier with a jaw wound who administered first aid to himself and was unable to leave his position for two days with this wound. Medics provide first aid at a stabilisation point near the frontline on November 17, 2024 near the Kurakhove frontline, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images)





A serviceman of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine fires Giatsint-B gun towards Russian positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Servicemen of 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine attach a food package to a “Vampire” drone for delivery to Ukrainian positions on the front line near Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





This handout photograph taken and released by the Press service of the 24th mechanized brigade named after King Danylo of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on October 30, 2024 shows engineers of the 24th mechanized brigade named after King Danylo installing razor wire along the frontline in the Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Press service of the 24th mechanized brigade named after King Danylo/AFP Photo)





Portrait of a Ukrainian infantryman. A unit of miners is carrying out a combat mission to mine the territory between Ukrainian and Russian positions with remotely controlled mines on November 17, 2024 in Pokrovsk Frontline, Ukraine. Ukraine is trying to stop the Russian advance on this section of the front, and is making every effort to prevent the Russian army from advancing to the city of Myrnograd. (Photo by Kostya Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)





Paramedics of the volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers load a Ukrainian servicemen wounded in fighting in the Donetsk region on a medical evacuation bus driving to a hospital, on October 6, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The medical evacuation bus called "Austrian” was named after the call sign of the Ukrainian doctor Natalia Frauscher who lived in Austria and died in a traffic accident during her duty on the previous Hospitallers's medical evacuation bus in June 2022. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen prepare 122mm artillery cannon before firing towards Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, Sunday October 27, 2024. (Photo by Marko Ivkov/AP Photo)