War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

The Ukrainian national flag is seen above the rubble of a destroyed home in the newly liberated village of Neskuchne in the Donetsk region on June 13. Journalists were permitted entry to the village to show that Kyiv's forces have made gains in their counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Local resident Aran stands inside the shop he rents, which was destroyed by recent shelling in Makiyivka, outside Donetsk, on June 2.

A view shows a building damaged by an aerial bomb during a Russian air strike in the town of Toretsk, Donetsk region on 29 May 2023.

An aerial view of damaged private houses and shell and rocket craters in the suburbs of Donetsk, Ukraine, on May 26, 2023.

A man boards a train to Lviv during an evacuation effort from war-affected areas of eastern Ukraine in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 23, 2023.

Destruction in the frontline town of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 21, 2023.

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.

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

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

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.