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A dozen men in protective suits, surgical masks and latex gloves move between disaster-relief tents set up alongside the rail cars in Odesa, Ukraine, as they try to identify Ukraine's war fatalities. (Marie Montels/Special to The Washington Times)

Forensic teams give names back to remains of Ukraine’s fallen

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

War rations: Front-line Ukrainian units deal with ammo shortages in the fight with Russia

By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

A Ukrainian serviceman lies on a bed at a field hospital near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. When Ukrainian soldiers finally reclaimed Andriivka last week, it was at a high cost in lives. The village is significant largely because it's on the road to the Russian-held city of Bakhmut. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

By Mstyslav Chernov and Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia,' passes by the body of a dead Russian soldier at the frontline in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Zelenskyy purges more officials as fighting rages in east

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin, Ukraine and NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How Ukraine’s campaign to defend Bakhmut weakened Putin

By Daniel N. Hoffman

A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears while firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut

By Mstyslav Chernov and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Russia claims to have Bakhmut, but top Ukrainian military leaders say the battle is not over

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Doctors surgery a Ukrainian serviceman during the operation at the military hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 5, 2023. Much more common are wounds caused by explosions, from weapons including landmines, artillery and grenades, which frequently cause damage to many parts of the body. While the Ukrainian military does not provide casualty figures, some Western sources estimate more than 100,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed and wounded since Russia invaded the country. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Ukrainian trauma surgeon operates on soldiers all day long amid Russia’s war

By Illia Novikov and Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

A Ukrainian army Grad multiple rocket launcher, fires rockets at Russian positions in the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

U.S. military veteran killed after Russian artillery hits building in Bakhmut

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Municipal workers dismantle a Soviet-era monument to the Soviet soldiers killed during WWII in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region, western Ukraine, Friday, May 12, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honour home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Ukraine says it has retaken territory near embattled eastern city of Bakhmut

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries amid Ukraine war

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

Russia’s Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut pullout in Ukraine

By David Rising - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th brigade fires a grenade launcher on the frontline during a battle with Russian troops near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Ukraine says battle for Bakhmut is ‘stabilizing’

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Ukrainian servicemen of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill, not far from the front lines, in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Grueling artillery battles have stepped up in recent weeks in the vicinity of Kupiansk, a strategic town on the eastern edge of Kharkiv province by the banks of the Oskil River as Russian attacks intensifying in a push to capture the entire industrial heartland known as the Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and the Luhansk provinces. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) **FILE**

Kyiv plans to turn war against Russians; forces intent on holding Bakhmut until offensive drive

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The fighting for Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Shadowy Putin confidant, soldiers-for-hire grab spotlight in Ukraine battle

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Smoke billows during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Soledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Soledar and Bakhmut again highlighted a bitter rift between the top military brass and Yevgeny Prigozhin, a rogue millionaire whose Wagner Group military contractor has played an increasing role in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting

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Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire a 120 mm mortar towards Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Battle rages in Ukraine town; Russia shakes up its military

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen fire by a Finnish 120 mm mortar toward Russian positions at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Grim Russian offensive makes Bakhmut unlikely focus of Ukraine war

By James Lechner - Special to The Washington Times

Ukrainian military doctors treat their injured comrade who was evacuated from the battlefield at the hospital in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The serviceman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack in battle for control of eastern Ukraine

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen give the first aid to a soldier wounded in a battle with the Russian troops in their shelter in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. A top adviser to Ukraine's president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country's nine-month struggle against Russia's invasion, a rare comment on such figures and far below estimates of Ukrainian casualties from Western leaders. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

Official says more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press