War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

A local resident pushes his bicycle past "hedgehog" tank traps and rubble down a street in Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, on January 6.

British volunteers Chris and Dave search for local residents to evacuate in a yard of a damaged apartment building in Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, January 5, 2023.

A view of an apartment building, damaged during a heavy fighting, in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

An ice arena destroyed from a missile strike in Druzhkivka, Ukraine, January 4, 2023.

A man watches workers removing the debris of a destroyed building assumed to be a vocational college used as temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers in Makiivka, Ukraine, January 3, 2023.

A local resident walks an empty street near destroyed vehicles in the village of Torske, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, December 30, 2022.

The industrial town of Bakhmut in the north of the Donetsk region has been the scene of fierce fighting for months. Ukraine, December 25, 2022.

Ukrainian soldiers walk under a communications tower that fell from a strike during intense shelling in Yampil, Ukraine, December 28, 2022.

Volodymyr, 61, and Nataliia Bolias, 51, walk past an industrial building that hit in a missile strike during intense shelling on Christmas Day at the frontline in Bakhmut, Ukraine, December 25, 2022.

Local people buy and sell food ahead of Christmas and the New Year festivities in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.