In this image taken through a night-vision device, a Ukrainian serviceman aims his weapon while patrolling positions on a frontline outside Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. The U.S. accused the Kremlin of an elaborate plot to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to take military action against its neighbor. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)