EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade talk each other as they wait for a call from a drone team to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Kreminna, in eastern Ukraine, July 6, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialUkrainian soldiers of the 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade wait for a call near a farm field to fire mortars towards Russian positions, near Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, July 5, 2023. (Mauricio Lima/ The New York Times)
EditorialBronze powder chambers from early breech-loading guns. 16th century. Their rear locking lug removed to being set up in a vertical position. This indicates that later, these chambers were adapted to be used as mortars or signals guns. Armoury. Grandmast...
EditorialResidents of an apartment block cover their shattered windows after Russian mortars struck the playground in their yard, in Kherson, Ukraine on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)