-0404e2042129dae84396fbb11fa3b5cd.png "Drone footage shows destroyed and abandoned Russian all-terrain vehicles on the battlefield following a failed daylight assault near the settlement of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. (Source: 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade)")
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-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
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-f88628fa403b11af0b72ec7b062ce954.jpeg "Photo of Amira Barkhush")
![A commander from the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade displays a diploma from the National Register of Records of Ukraine for defense of Mala Tokmachka. (Source: 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade)]( "A commander from the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade displays a diploma from the National Register of Records of Ukraine for defense of Mala Tokmachka. (Source: 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade)")
![A B1 Centauro wheeled tank fitted with anti-drone protection during training with Ukraine’s 78th Separate Air Assault Brigade. (Source: Army TV/YouTube)]( "A B1 Centauro wheeled tank fitted with anti-drone protection during training with Ukraine’s 78th Separate Air Assault Brigade. (Source: Army TV/YouTube)")
![Ukrainian Army soldiers use a 105mm American M101 Howitzer artillery piece on Ukraines northeastern frontline with Russia, on January 18, 2025 north of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian Army soldiers use a 105mm American M101 Howitzer artillery piece on Ukraines northeastern frontline with Russia, on January 18, 2025 north of Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Thermal footage captures the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) strike on a Russian FSB headquarters and a Pantsir-S1 system. (Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy)]( "Thermal footage captures the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) strike on a Russian FSB headquarters and a Pantsir-S1 system. (Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy)")
![Special Operations Forces Selection, Ukraine Style]( "After I Jumped Into the Lake and Before I Got Punched—Special Operations Forces Selection, Ukraine Style")
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![Philip Malzahn]( "Philip Malzahn")
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- War in Ukraine
To become a Special Forces Operator in Ukraine, you first have to survive selection: six days and six nights of crawling, marching, exhaustion, and pain. I joined the process—twice—to look behind the curtain of one of the country's most secretive military units. I didn't pass (big surprise), but I came away with a deeper understanding of the people fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine.![Drone targeting footage captures Ukrainian Border Guard pilots from the “Phoenix” unit locking onto a Russian 2S7 “Pion” artillery system on the Lyman axis. (Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine)]( "Drone targeting footage captures Ukrainian Border Guard pilots from the “Phoenix” unit locking onto a Russian 2S7 “Pion” artillery system on the Lyman axis. (Source: State Border Guard Service of Ukraine)")
-72aff67d4cf90814a33182507b28b2fb.jpg "A commander from the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade displays a diploma from the National Register of Records of Ukraine for defense of Mala Tokmachka. (Source: 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade)")
-d0688aba4982a6ed58cca70fa1601dc3.jpeg "After I Jumped Into the Lake and Before I Got Punched—Special Operations Forces Selection, Ukraine Style")
