Service members of the 15th ‘Kara-Dag’ Brigade of the Operational Assignment of the National Guard of Ukraine load ammunition into a 2A36 Giatsint-B howitzer as they fire it towards Russian troops, at a position on a front line near the town of Kupiansk, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov