War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

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.

That image was taken from a drone on Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Houses are seen destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said this morning Ukraine’s General Staff officially confirmed that Ukrainian troops captured Andriivka, which is 10 km south of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian military chaplain Ivan visits a bombed church with an infantry soldier (unseen) of the Black Zaporozhian Cossacks 72th brigade on the frontline near Donetsk. Ivan gives moral support to the soldiers fighting against Russian forces on the frontline. The brigade is named after the Ukrainian Black Zaporozhian Cossacks regiment, which fought against Russian Bolsheviks during the 1917-22 Russian civil war. September 15, 2023.

A man walks past a house destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, September 11, 2023.

Smoke rises above buildings following a shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 10, 2023.

People clear the rubble of a destroyed market after yesterday’s rocket attack in the city center of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. At least 17 people were killed and 32 wounded in Wednesday’s attack on the market in Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s Donestsk region — another grim reminder of the war’s civilian toll.

That image was taken from a drone on Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023. Houses are seen destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said this morning Ukraine’s General Staff officially confirmed that Ukrainian troops captured Andriivka, which is 10 km south of Bakhmut.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze that broke out in the market in Kostiantynivka after the missile strike.

Local resident Inna stands in her neighbors' apartment damaged by recent shelling in the Donetsk region on September 5, 2023.