A Ukrainian soldier looks up at the sky from the trenches during a Russian artillery strike at their position at an undisclosed defence position on the outskirt of the separatist region of Donetsk on Friday, May 20, 2022. He was captured by Russian forces a few days later after intensive fighting. As the Ukraine-Russia war has continued for more than 6 months since the start of Russia's February 24 invasion, the number of casualties numbers continues to ramp up, nearly 9000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in the war with Russia, the head of Ukraine's armed forces said on Monday, August 22, 2022, and 5,767 civilians have already been killed according to the United Nations.