War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

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.

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.

A rescuer works at a site of a building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, 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.

Local resident Natalia Usik, 62, clears the rubble from the ruins of her house destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 26, 2023.

Smoke rises from buildings in this aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.