War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

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.

A man attempts to douse a fire with water after a strike on the Russian-held village of Lidiyevka in the Donetsk region on August 31.

A school in Avdiivka that was heavily damaged by a Russian military strike, August 29, 2023.

A damaged residential building stands on a shelled street in Avdiivka settlement near a frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, 28 August 2023, amid Russia's ongoing invasion.

Local resident Viktoria Aksenova, 61, assesses the damage and removes debris inside her apartment hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 23, 2023.

A man walks past a destroyed building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 16, 2023.

Lyubov Tolchina, 63, reacts next to the damaged house of her son Vitaly, 40, who was killed the day before by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 13, 2023.

A woman searches for her belongings in the ruins of a house destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 9, 2023.

Rescuers work with heavy machinery at the site of a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 8, 2023.

Rescuers work at the site where a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 7, 2023.