Training of recruits in Ukraine, Donetsk Region - 15 Mar 2024
A Ukrainian recruit loads his magazine with bullets during a training of new recruits to prepare them to become infantrymen of Ukraine's 22nd Army Brigade, Donetsk, Ukraine, 15 March 2024. The training lasts several months and recruits are instructed in combat medicine, handling of small arms, RPGs and BMP-1 type armoured vehicles, among other training. The Ukrainian Army is currently seeking to enlist 350,000 new soldiers to replace those who have been fighting for more than two years after Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory in February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis.