![Alex Babenko Once an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. In all of these roles, he sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine's budding democracy. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e05a43e5d34f4292aa490e02cf1228f7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Once an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. In all of these roles, he sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine's budding democracy. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Alex Babenko Misha Soboliev, second from right, holds a banner reading "Money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3d5fef9e386f47839eca6e072f9499f6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Misha Soboliev, second from right, holds a banner reading "Money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Alex Babenko Misha Soboliev, 17, works on drone details in his school, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2024. He built a drone to send to his father's army unit. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c337eb35616f459e972287881f6645bf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Misha Soboliev, 17, works on drone details in his school, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 1, 2024. He built a drone to send to his father's army unit. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Laurent Cipriani FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference at the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. Zelenskyy indefinitely postponed the 2024 presidential election because of the war, which has seen almost one-fifth of Ukraine occupied by Russia and millions of citizens displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6cb59163b6c94102a725bf90f0012658/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference at the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. Zelenskyy indefinitely postponed the 2024 presidential election because of the war, which has seen almost one-fifth of Ukraine occupied by Russia and millions of citizens displaced from their homes. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
![Alexander Zemlianichenko FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2024. Putin has used the postponed elections to question Zelenskyy's legitimacy. The idea of Zelenskyy as anti-democratic has been echoed in the U.S. by some Republicans in Congress who oppose military support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2bfc3c3cdd414a28b38eca969823e09a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2024. Putin has used the postponed elections to question Zelenskyy's legitimacy. The idea of Zelenskyy as anti-democratic has been echoed in the U.S. by some Republicans in Congress who oppose military support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
![Alex Babenko Marichka Padalko, a TV anchor, center, is seen during her work in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 5, 2024. She said Ukrainian journalists know they must fight to ensure a free press. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f49ff6b70cc74240a0278df18f87f457/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Marichka Padalko, a TV anchor, center, is seen during her work in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 5, 2024. She said Ukrainian journalists know they must fight to ensure a free press. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Alex Babenko Misha Soboliev, 17, tests a drone that he built in school, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. built a drone to send to his father's army unit. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fa6afdc0d95843e3bd490c5a2611fd56/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Misha Soboliev, 17, tests a drone that he built in school, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. built a drone to send to his father's army unit. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Alex Babenko Once an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. In all of these roles, he sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine's budding democracy. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6a8fbad731e249d196f3cd9a4fca457f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Once an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. In all of these roles, he sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine's budding democracy. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
![Efrem Lukatsky FILE - Newly recruited soldiers toss their hats as they celebrate the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 25, 2023. Men between 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country without permission and must register with the military. Nonetheless, there has been an illicit exodus of fighting-age men. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b64f2e14e52c49a6bd7b94adcaf1ef6b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Newly recruited soldiers toss their hats as they celebrate the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 25, 2023. Men between 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country without permission and must register with the military. Nonetheless, there has been an illicit exodus of fighting-age men. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
![Efrem Lukatsky FILE - Newly recruited soldiers shout slogans as they celebrate the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 25, 2023. Men between 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country without permission and must register with the military. Nonetheless, there has been an illicit exodus of fighting-age men. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/187c451dfc7b4fac8c491f44ef07de9d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Newly recruited soldiers shout slogans as they celebrate the end of their training at a military base close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 25, 2023. Men between 18 and 60 are barred from leaving the country without permission and must register with the military. Nonetheless, there has been an illicit exodus of fighting-age men. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)