AP PHOTOS: Ukrainian soldiers who returned to the battlefield after amputation

Many Ukrainian brigades have at least one, often several, amputee soldiers still on active duty, who chose to return to combat driven by the sense of responsibility amid the grim outlook for their country. They were among 380,000 soldiers who were wounded, according to the latest numbers provided by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also said that 46,000 military were killed over the course of the war, and tens of thousands are considered missing or in captivity. On the front line, Russia is expending huge amounts of weaponry and human life to make small but steady territorial gains to the nearly 20% of Ukraine it already controls. 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...