War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

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.

Apartment buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the front line city of Vuhledar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, October 10, 2023.

The aftermath of a Russian strike on Donetsk Oblast's settlements of Avdiivka and Illinivka on October 3, 2023.

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.

Police officers examine a crater from a Russian rocket at the residential neighbourhood in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, 27 September 2023.

Aftermath of recent shelling in Donetsk, September 27, 2023.

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.

Local resident Tatyana Gerpuleva, 75, injured by recent shelling, stands outside her destroyed house in Donetsk, September 24, 2023.

Local resident Irina walks around her neighbours' apartment damaged by recent shelling in Makiivka outside Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

Soldiers hold flags as they speak in front of destroyed buildings in Klishchiivka, Ukraine, in a screengrab taken from a social media video released September 17, 2023.