War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

An abandoned apartment building damaged in the Russian shelling is seen in Chasiv Yar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian forces in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday May 16, 2023.

The ruins of Maryinka with towering slag heaps from local coal mines in the background

A man walks past the remains of a house hit by a Russian military strike in Slovyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 11.

Smoke erupts following a shell explosion, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on May 7, 2023.

A rescuer works at a site of a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 5, 2023.

A mock-up depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin hanged on an road sign which reads "Avdiivka is Ukraine" in the town of Avdiivka near a frontline in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 5, 2023.

Valentyna Zaruba, 73, passes by a destroyed house as she carries bread on a bike to distribute it to her neighbours in Siversk, Donetsk region on May 3, 2023.

Local resident Marina Sandei, 58, reacts inside her house destroyed by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 29, 2023.

Natalia Kulinchenko, 51-year-old, reacts next to a house of her relative destroyed by a Russian drone strike in the village of Malotaranivka, Kramatorsk Raion of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, April 29, 2023.

Local resident Vladimir Kotenev, 66, walks in a room of his house heavily damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 28, 2023.