New recruits of the 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, rest during a military exercise in an undisclosed location, in Central Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Assault brigade are seen through night vision goggles, or NVG, during a night mission on the frontline near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Servicemen of the 3rd Assault brigade continue to hold defense lines in Donetsk region after Ukrainian army left Avdiivka in February, 2024. (Photo by Alex Babenko/AP Photo)





Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of a fallen soldier, at the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Ukrainian soldiers of the 71st Jaeger Brigade fire a M101 howitzer towards Russian positions at the frontline, near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Ukrainian infantry soldiers of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade wait to head toward the frontline in the Avdiivka direction, in the Donetsk region, on April 3, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





Snipers with the Ukrainian national guard snatch some rest while out on the range in the Donbas region in the last decade of March 2024.(Photo by Jack Hill/The Times)





A Ukrainian serviceman kisses his partner who arrived on a train coming from Kyiv, at a railway station in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, on March 26, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP Photo)





A service member of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces removes empty cartridges from a French AMX-10 RC armoured fighting vehicle during military drills, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Southern Ukraine on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Ivan Antypenko/Reuters)





New recruits of the 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, attend a military exercise in an undisclosed location, in Central Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Volunteers who aspire to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces take part in basic training in Kyiv region, Ukraine on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





Volunteers who aspire to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces listen to an instructor during basic training at an undisclosed location in the Kyiv region, Ukraine on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





An instructor teaches volunteers who aspire to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during basic training at an undisclosed location in the Kyiv region, Ukraine on January 9, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A new recruit of the 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, rests during a military exercise in an undisclosed location, in Central Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





A new recruit of the 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, attends a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Central Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)





New recruits of the 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, attend a military exercise in an undisclosed location, in Central Ukraine on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)