A Russian Army soldier looks through a sniper rifle scope as she and other soldiers guard a group of foreign journalists visiting a captured Ukrainian checkpoint and well-fortified trenches near Schastia town, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Despite getting bogged down in Ukraine, the Kremlin has resisted announcing a full-blown mobilization, a move that could prove to be very unpopular for President Vladimir Putin. That has led instead to a covert recruitment effort that includes trying to get prisoners to make up for the manpower shortage. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Ukrainian servicemen wait with their tank after experiencing mechanical issues on a country road near Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, August 10, 2022. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)





A soldier orders a drink at an underground cafe, in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Ukrainians living in the path of Russia's invasion in the besieged eastern Donetsk region are bracing themselves for the possibility that they will have to evacuate. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)





A member of the Ukrainian National Guard jumps into a trench at a position near a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters)





Members of the Carpathian Sich battalion prepare targets depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during an exercise for new recruits at a shooting range in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 30, 2022. The Carpathian Sich is one of several paramilitary nationalist groups that began as volunteers in 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed pro-Russian armed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)





Ukrainian serviceman Vitaliy (R), 25, kisses his wife outside one of the city register offices just after the wedding ceremony in Kyiv on July 23, 2022. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukraine is experiencing an unprecedented rush to the altar: 9,120 marriages have been registered in 5 months in Kyiv, compared to the 1,110 registered during the same period in 2021. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo)





Members of the Dnipro-1 regiment carry logs to fortify their position near Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, August 5, 2022. While the lull in rocket strikes has offered a reprieve to remaining residents, some members of the Ukrainian unit say it could be a prelude to renewed Russian attacks. (Photo by David Goldman/AP Photo)





Service members of Russian troops ride on top an armoured vehicle in Russian-held part of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, July 23, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





Ukrainian soldiers pose for a photograph as they fill up the tank of their van at a gas station, in Konstantinovka, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 15, 2022. (Photo by Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo)





Svetlana, a Captain in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (L) and Irina, volunteered to join the army (R) are seen on the frontline in Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A Ukrainian soldier hugs his partner prior to board a train to Dnipro at the train station of Odessa on July 24, 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman and an elderly woman buy a meal at a supermarket near Kramatorsk, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Donetsk region Ukraine on August 14, 2022. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)





A Ukrainian service member stands in a trench at a position on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of New York, Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 9, 2022. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A Ukrainian service member shoots from a machine gun at a position on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of New York, Donetsk region, Ukraine on June 9, 2022. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





Members of the foreign volunteers unit which fights in the Ukrainian army look on, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region Ukraine on June 2, 2022. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters)