The soldier with the call name Goth lights his pipe in a house and awaits his mission order at an undisclosed location near Pokorvsk, in the Donetsk region, on 16 November 2024. The Kremlin accused US President Joe Biden on November 18, 2024 of escalating the war in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles supplied by Washington to strike targets inside Russia. (Photo by Florent VERGNES / AFP) (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)