14 June 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."
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
A medical worker observes damaged ambulances in Bakhmut following the missile strikes. According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk regional military administration, three civilians were injured during the early-morning attack.
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
Damaged ambulances in Bakhmut
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
A man replaces a shattered window in an apartment building damaged by the Russian missile strike. Bakhmut is on the main road leading to Lysychansk and Syevyerodonetsk, now the epicenter of fighting in eastern Ukraine. For weeks, Russian forces have been bombarding the road, and Bakhmut, in an attempt to cut the twin cities off from the Ukrainian-controlled territory.
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
A woman photographs the remains of a missile that struck a road.
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
The remains of a missile
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
A crater from a missile strike that landed directly on a children's playground.
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL
Bakhmut residents endure further Russian shelling. Residential blocks, a hotel and a medical facility were damaged in shelling late Sunday night in the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, which is enduring further strikes as Russian forces press their offensive in the Donetsk region of the Donbas.