A soldier of the 3rd Independent Tank Iron Brigade is in the hatch of a tank while on combat duty in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)

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