War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Bakhmut

A Ukrainian serviceman walks near destroyed building in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, March 5, 2024.

Ukrainian serviceman makes a snow angel in a bomb crater at a position near Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 26, 2024.

Destroyed buildings as a result of intense fighting in Bakhmut, Ukraine, January 13, 2024.

A destroyed monument and a children’s playground in Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, December 16, 2023.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss”, Ukrainian soldiers pass by a volunteer bus burning after a Russian drone hit it near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023.

Snow-filled artillery shell craters on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, amid Russia’s war.

A local resident take bottles with drinking water from humanitarian aid delivered by volunteers, at the side of a damaged residential building in the town of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 8, 2023.

A Ukrainian policeman walks next to 84-year-old resident Mykola pushing his bicycle on a street in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region on Oct. 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Explosions are near-constant in the small town, whose buildings are filled with holes from shelling. It is a hub for troops heading to and from the front line, but locals still live here.

A wounded Ukrainian soldier is treated by Ukrainian military medics in a stabilization point in an undisclosed location near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on September 29, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Houses and armoured vehicle destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in recently liberated Klishchiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023.