FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Ukrainian servicemen of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade take their position in a trench at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FILE - An aerial view of Chasiv Yar shows the frontline city in ruins after heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, Monday Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ukrainian forces shoot toward Russian positions at the front line in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov reviews the honor guard on the occasion of a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

FILE - A Ukrainian police officer takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE- Ukrainian soldiers of 3rd assault brigade fly by an FPV exploding drone over Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)