A Ukrainian soldier was found inside an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region recently, one of the estimated 9,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the Russian invasion.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks for booby traps as he checks the site where a body of a Ukrainian soldier was found inside an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukrainian servicemen check the site where a body of a Ukrainian soldier was found inside an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. This region of rolling fields and woodland near the Russian border was the site of fierce battles for months during the summer. Only now, after Ukrainian forces retook the area and pushed Russian troops back across the border in a blistering counteroffensive, has the collection of bodies that lie scattered across the battlefield been possible.

Ukrainian servicemen walk across a field during an operation to rescue bodies of Ukrainian soldiers in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukrainian national guard servicemen place a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in a truck in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

A flack jacket is seen at the site where the bodies of four Ukrainian soldiers were found lying on the ground near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. The four soldiers lie in the grass, sleeping bags and cans of food, some opened, others still sealed, scattered around them. Beneath the trees, their cars stand smashed and torn by shrapnel. The men have been dead for months.

A Ukrainian national guard serviceman closes the bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier who was removed from an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukrainian national guard servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

A Ukrainian national guard serviceman checks for unexploded devices during an operation to rescue bodies of Ukrainian soldiers in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukrainian national guard serviceman checks for unexploded devices during an operation to rescue bodies of Ukrainian soldiers in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

Ukrainian national guard servicemen walk next to a damaged Russian tank during an operation to rescue Ukrainian soldier bodies in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months.

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