Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, holds a rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Oleksandr Puzikov, a captain with Ukraine's 127th brigade who lost an arm in combat, and his wife, Iryna, look at an arm prosthesis in their apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Zhalinskyi of the Azov brigade, who lost his right arm in battle, ties his shoelaces in his apartment in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Serhieiev, right, a soldier with Ukraine's 53rd Brigade who lost a leg in combat, and another soldier install explosives near the front line in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, looks at a tablet during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Oleksandr Puzikov, a captain with Ukraine's 127th brigade who lost an arm in a Russian mortar attack, trains at a gym in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Serhii Tumanovskyi, a soldier with Ukraine's 114th territorial defense brigade, installs firmware in a drone near the front line in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Zhalinskyi of the Azov brigade, who serves as a navigator for evacuation missions after losing his right arm in battle, holds up a rifle in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Serhieiev, foreground, a Ukrainian soldier with the 53rd brigade who lost a leg in battle, works with another soldier to detonate unexploded ordnance near the front line in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Capt. Oleksandr Puzikov, who lost an arm in combat, speaks with fellow soldiers in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Maksym Vysotskyi, a drone unit commander with Ukraine's 82nd assault brigade, sits on a sofa near the front line in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Leonid Lobchuk, a soldier with Ukraine's 127th brigade who lost a leg in combat in eastern Ukraine in 2015, takes the camouflage off his self-propelled howitzer in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Zhalinskyi of the Azov brigade, who lost his right arm in battle, makes tea at his apartment in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Serhii Pozniak, a commander with a Ukrainian sniper unit who lost a leg after stepping on a mine, mounts a suppressor on his rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, smiles during a training exercise near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Serhii Pozniak, foreground, a sniper unit commander with the 27th national guard brigade who lost a leg after stepping on a mine, takes part in military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Leonid Lobchuk, a soldier with Ukraine's 127th brigade who lost a leg in combat in eastern Ukraine in 2015, walks near his self-propelled howitzer in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Serhii Pozniak, a sniper unit commander with the 27th national guard brigade, speaks to soldiers during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, takes part in military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Serhii Pozniak, a commander with a Ukrainian sniper unit who lost a leg after stepping on a mine, carries his rifle during training near Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)A sticker of a wheelchair-bound soldier holding a rifle is seen on the windshield of Oleksandr Puzikov, a captain with Ukraine's 127th brigade who lost an arm in combat, during a drive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Maksym Vysotskyi, a Ukrainian drone unit commander who lost a leg after stepping on a mine, watches as soldiers load a drone into a car after a test flight in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Zhalinskyi of the Azov brigade, who lost his right arm in battle, drives a car in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Pavlo Romanovskyi, chief of a Ukrainian drone laboratory who lost a leg in battle, talks to a fellow soldier in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, holds a rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
