War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Bakhmut

A car and ammunition boxes in a crater in Bakhmut on April 10.

A villager near a wracked car during heavy fighting at the front line in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, April 9, 2023.

A local resident runs past the damaged houses in Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Apr. 9, 2023.

A crater from recent shelling at a playground in Chasiv Yar near the frontline in eastern region Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 2, 2023.

Located astride two major crossroads, Bakhmut, which had a prewar population of 70,000, has been almost completely destroyed during intense fighting. 27 Mar 2023.

Residents fill up bottles with fresh drinking water brought into Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut, Ukraine, as they try to survive in a war zone with shortages of food and few if any basic services on 24 Mar 2023.

Residents line up to receive food and fill up bottles with fresh drinking water brought in to a neighbourhood near the frontline after critical civil infrastructure was hit in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, March 21, 2023.

A Ukrainian volunteer tries to convince a resident to evacuate near the frontline in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, March 16, 2023.

A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

An eldery woman stands behind a window in her damaged house after a shelling in the village of Chasiv Yar in the Bakhmut region, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, March 12, 2023.