Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier from a mechanized brigade trains using live ammunition at a training ground near the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 31, 2023. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Ukrainians salvage barley and peas three days after five Russian missiles struck a grain storage facility in the village of Pavlivka, Ukraine, on July 24, 2023. (Scott Peterson via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade fires a 40mm grenade launcher at the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on June 17, 2023. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Ukrainian servicemen of the 57th Brigade fires a BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher toward Russian positions at a front line near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on June 20, 2023. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
The Russian national flag fluters in front of the Great Hall of the People before a welcoming ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Thomas Peter/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
A cluster bomb capsule on the ground amid Russia-Ukraine War at the frontline city of Avdiivka, Ukraine, on March 23, 2023. (Andre Luis Alves via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian artilleryman carries a 155 mm shell to fire a M777 howitzer toward Russian positions near Avdiivka in the Donetsk region on June 23, 2023. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. (Paul Ellis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)