A Russian army conscript called up for service in the Kremlin regiment and a woman say farewell at Yekaterinburg-Passazhirsky railway station in Yekaterinburg, Russia on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Donat Sorokin/TASS Russian News Agency)

Drinking from a helmet at a graduation ceremony held by the Military University of the Russian Defence Ministry at Moscow's Victory Park in Moscow, Russia on June 15, 2019. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov/TASS)

Participants of the “Lady in red“ procession, marking the day of the Summer Solstice, walk on a promenade of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia on June 22, 2019. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Russia's Dina Averina competes in the ball event of the rhythmic gymnastics individual final at the 2019 European Games in Minsk on June 23, 2019. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)

Ukrainian serviceman fires with a heavy machine gun during a combat with Russia-backed separatists on the front line near Gorlivka, Donetsk Region on September 28, 2019. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)

A serviceman of Ukraine's coast guard mans a gun on a patrol boat as a cargo ship passes by in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a flag of Russia's mercenary group Wagner near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)

Actress Bai Ling poses for a picture in front of St. Basil's Cathedral at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2015. (Photo by Ivan Burnyashev/Reuters)