War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

Plumes of smoke rise from a Russian strike during a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the frontline Donbas city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, January 7, 2023.

A destroyed bridge across Siverskyi-Donets river in the recently retaken village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.

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

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

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.

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.