Plumes of smoke rise from a Russian strike during a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the frontline Donbas city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, January 7, 2023.
British volunteers Chris and Dave search for local residents to evacuate in a yard of a damaged apartment building in Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, January 5, 2023.
Volodymyr, 61, and Nataliia Bolias, 51, walk past an industrial building that hit in a missile strike during intense shelling on Christmas Day at the frontline in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 25, 2022.
An elderly woman walks along a street against background of a graffiti depicting General Valery Zaluzhny, head of Ukraine's armed forces and writing 'God is with us and commander Zaluzhny' in the area of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022.
Anti-tank hedgehogs against the background of an apartment house damaged in the Russian shelling in Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.