War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Bakhmut

An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.

Ukrainian soldiers run to help people in an apartment building on fire after Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.

Two men walk home from a local store as the sounds of incoming and outgoing artillery fire fill the air in Siversk, Ukraine, November 30, 2022.

Workers Alexander, 41, and Semen, 40, dig out a tractor tire from the rubble of a destroyed storage building at a grain processing center so they can use it for repairs even as their town continues to take incoming shelling in Siversk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 28, 2022.

A woman walks past the debris of the destroyed house after a recent Russian air strike in Chasiv Yar on November 27. Shelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as utility crews continued a scramble to restore power, water, and heating.

A crater left by a Russian military strike in Siversk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 6, 2022.

A crater in the road caused by a missile attack in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, November 1.

People leave and return to their shelters as they cross a destroyed bridge in order to collect aid in the eastern Donbas Region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, October 30, 2022.

An explosion from a rocket on a main road in Bakhmut, Ukraine, October 28, 2022.

A Ukrainian soldier carries a shell with a written message to the Russian army, in the front line position near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022.