Recruits with the Ukrainian 127th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade undergo training in the Kharkiv region on August 16, 2025.(Photo by Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters)
A Ukrainian soldier surveys the scene moments after a Russian strike near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region on Sunday, August 17, 2025.(Photo by Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times/Redux)
Ukrainian service members are positioned near the front line in the Donetsk region on Thursday, September 18, 2025.(Photo by Serhii Korovainyi/Reuters)
A Ukrainian soldier installs anti-drone netting over a road in the Donetsk region on October 14, 2025.(Photo by Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters)
Ukrainian soldiers launch an Avenger UAV drone in the Kharkiv region on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.(Photo by Yevhen Titov/AP Photo)
Artillerymen of the Ukrainian 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade unload shells for an M114 howitzer near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region on October 14, 2025.(Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)
A Ukrainian serviceman scans the sky for Russian drones from a pickup truck near the frontline city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region on October 22, 2025.(Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)
Servicemen of the Ukrainian 148th Artillery Brigade fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher at Russian positions near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region on October 23, 2025.(Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard at a position near the front line in the Donetsk region on September 3, 2025.(Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
Ukrainian soldiers inspect a vehicle destroyed by a Russian FPV kamikaze drone near the frontline in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, on October 16, 2025.(Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
A Ukrainian serviceman in an anti-drone unit fires an M2 Browning machine gun during a combat shift on the front line in the Donetsk region on October 20, 2025.(Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters)
Burns scar the face of Artem, call sign “Lisnyk,” a Ukrainian soldier injured during fighting with Russian forces on the Pokrovsk front on August 10, 2025.(Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)
A servicewoman with the Ukrainian 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade takes part in a drill near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region on August 11, 2025.(Photo by Ukrainian Armed Forces via Reuters)
A Ukrainian serviceman in a mobile anti-drone unit keeps watch during an overnight shift in the Chernihiv Region on August 14, 2025.(Photo by Maksym Kishka/Reuters)
