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.
A Ukrainian soldier passes a burning house after Russian shelling near the frontline in Siversk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Friday September 1, 2023.
Local resident Vladislav Driga, 75, stands next to the ruins of his outbuilding destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 1, 2023.