War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Bakhmut

A rescue worker walks among debris at a residential area destroyed by a Russian military strike in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk, Ukraine on 27 July.

Two teachers hug when they see their school shelled by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July.

Toretsk is the latest town to be hit by Russian shelling on Monday, July 18, 2022.

A store hit by shelling in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

Rescue workers sift through rubble at the scene in the after math of a Russian rocket that hit an apartment residential block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, July 10, 2022. At least 15 people were killed and more than 20 people may still be trapped in the rubble, officials said Sunday.

A man rides a bicycle past a building damaged in Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, June 20, 2022.

A group of children walks past the remains of a missile strike. Bakhmut is located 55 kilometers southwest of the twin cities of Lysychansk and Syevyerodonetsk, where fierce military clashes are taking place, which Kyiv has described as "one of the most brutal battles in and for Europe."

A woman looks on as grass burns after Russian shelling near the town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on June 12.

A boy views the aftermath of Russian shelling that destroyed his school in Bakhmut on June 8. The school, located in Ukraine's Donetsk region, had 400 students before Russia's invasion.

A local resident stands next to a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022.