KYIV, Ukraine — Bound for the battlefield, sounding harried and anxious, the Russian soldier placed a hasty phone call — to a Ukrainian military hotline.
In this picture taken on April 13, 2022, a Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant in the town of Shchastya. Note: This picture was taken during a trip organized by the Russian military. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
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A Ukrainian soldier displays military items collected from Russian forces in Sytnyaky, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Ukrainian servicemen inspect a destroyed Russian tank near Kivsharivka village in a suburb of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region on Dec. 15, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ukrainian soldiers salvage equipment off a body of a dead Russian soldier after a Russian vehicle was violently destroyed Ukrainian forces in battle along the main road near Sytnyaky, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Ukrainian servicemen inspect a destroyed Russian tank near Kivsharivka village in a suburb of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region on Dec. 15, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
In this picture taken on April 13, 2022, a Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant in the town of Shchastya. Note: This picture was taken during a trip organized by the Russian military. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS
A Ukrainian soldier displays military items collected from Russian forces in Sytnyaky, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
GRAPHIC CONTENT: Ukrainian soldiers salvage equipment off a body of a dead Russian soldier after a Russian vehicle was violently destroyed Ukrainian forces in battle along the main road near Sytnyaky, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
