In the photo: Ukrainian soldiers rest during a break from brutal fighting on the front line.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko takes a photo with a Ukrainian fighter Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Servicemen of the Svoboda battalion from the elite Rubizh assault brigade » relaxing at an awards ceremony after returning from the front line.

Looking tired from brutal fighting and happy with their fellow soldiers, soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine. listened to a concert before the ceremony on Friday.

Proud Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko even posed for photos with some of them.

The men returned from fierce fighting in the Bakhmut area in the eastern Donetsk region amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.

While the soldiers are resting, a war is raging on the front line in the Bakhmut region.

Freedom fighters battalion resting from hostilities Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Russia, which captured the eastern city of Avdievka in February and controls 18 percent Ukrainian territory, is moving forward in the Donetsk region, continuing to put pressure on the western fronts. Avdeevka and Bakhmut.

Over the past 24 hours, Vladimir Putin’s forces have launched five attacks in the Bakhmut area, as well as on the nearby Novopavlovsk front.

Ukrainian and Russian soldiers reportedly clashed 53 times.

On the Bakhmut Front, Ukrainian soldiers reportedly repelled 15 Russian attacks where the enemy, with air support, tried to improve their position. your tactical position.

Soldiers relax, taking a break from the front line. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Civilian areas have become vulnerable to attacks.

Kyiv's forces have fallen behind in recent weeks, facing shortages of artillery shells and air defenses and struggling with personnel problems.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who inspected defensive fortifications in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday, said that Russia may be preparing a big offensive in late May or June.