War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

A Ukrainian serviceman walks an empty street in the front line city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, February 25, 2023.

Emilia Budskaya, a local resident who decided to stay in the city breaks dead tree branches to heat her basement in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.

Children pass shrapnel-scarred buildings in Mariupol on February 25, 2023. Thousands of civilians were killed during the Russian siege. Russia claims 3,000 civilians were killed, while Kyiv claims that more than 25,000 died.

A tank (center right) fires its gun during fighting in what remains of Maryinka on February 24.

A local resident reacts as she walks down an empty street near a building damaged by a Russian military strike in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 24, 2023.

A damaged residential building in the town of Lyman, in Donetsk region, as Russia’s military operations in Ukraine continue. 23 Feb, 2023.

A woman reacts as she walks through her neighbourhood past destroyed apartment blocks in Mariupol, February 23, 2023.

A building damaged by a Russian military strike in the front line city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, February 22, 2023.

A Ukrainian serviceman walks an empty street as he patrols in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 21, 2023.

A general view shows an apartment building damaged by a Russian military attack, in the front-line city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 20, 2023.