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Ukraine, meanwhile, is outnumbered and outgunned on the battlefield. The country is also facing challenges with diplomacy, as its once strongest ally — the U.S. — enters talks with Russia, excluding both Ukraine and its European partners.But it’s precisely this dire situation that has driven wounded soldiers back to the front, where little has changed since they first left their civilian lives years ago to defend their families from an invading neighbor.

Here’s a look at their stories:Rubliuk, 38, is a senior sergeant in Ukrainian special forces unit Artan under military intelligence. He joined the army in 2015 after Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula and Moscow launched armed aggression in the Donetsk region.In civilian life, Rubliuk was a farmer. In the military, he became an engineer conducting reconnaissance missions. During one such mission in November 2022, an unexploded munition detonated beneath him in the southern Kherson region. He lost both arms, his leg was severely injured and his vision was affected.

Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, holds a rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Andrii Rubliuk, a senior sergeant with a Ukrainian intelligence unit who lost both arms and a leg in combat, holds a rifle during military training near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Despite this, he returned to the fight in the spring of 2024, taking on a multifaceted role — training new soldiers and monitoring enemy drones on the battlefield.

“Fighting with arms and legs is something anyone can do. Fighting without them — that’s a challenge,” Rubliuk said. “But only those who take on challenges and fight through them are truly alive.”Atayi also owns a hair salon in a building that’s on the verge of collapse. When that happens, she will be out of business.

Atsu Godslove Afeli poses for a portrait in his room in his family home that was destroyed by coastal erosion in Avegadzi, Ghana, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Atsu Godslove Afeli poses for a portrait in his room in his family home that was destroyed by coastal erosion in Avegadzi, Ghana, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

The destruction of Atsu Godslove Afeli’s home began gradually. But a month ago, the last of the building collapsed, leaving him, his four children and his brother with nowhere to sleep but a fuel station behind their destroyed home.Afeli said he never thought it could happen because “the distance from our house to the seashore was very long and it (was) hard to believe that the sea could reach this place.” In recent months, however, he became sad, depressed and frustrated as the waves got closer and finally toppled his home.