Located astride two major crossroads, Bakhmut, which had a prewar population of 70,000, has been almost completely destroyed during intense fighting. 27 Mar 2023.
Residents fill up bottles with fresh drinking water brought into Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut, Ukraine, as they try to survive in a war zone with shortages of food and few if any basic services on 24 Mar 2023.
A woman stands next to a shell crater in the ruins of the water supply station building destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 22, 2023.