COMM A soldier of a strengthened fighting team of Ukrainian national contingent of united operational forces coalition packs a large-calibre cartridge belt at a milirary base near al-Kout (Southern Iraq) before going to fighting positions, Tuesday, April 6, 2004. That day Ukrainian armoured troop-carrier was knocked out by a shot of grenade cup discharge during the battle for a bridge across Tiger River. As a result of explosion, a machine gunner of special intent platoon of 6-th reconnaissance unit, an ordinary soldier Ruslan Androschuk from Novograd-Volynski died, five other soldiers were wounded. Photo by Andrey Lysenko / Press Setvice of Ukrainian Department of Defense / UNIAN