War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

Hennadiy Mazepa and his wife Natalia Ishkova collect wood from a house which was destroyed by Russian forces in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Friday, March 3, 2023.

A general view shows an empty street and buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the front line city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, March 3, 2023.

A damaged monument of Russian writer Maxim Gorky in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, March 2, 2023.

A woman refuses to be evacuated while firefighters of unit Phoenix and Police work to evacuate residents near the frontline in Siversk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, February 28, 2023.

Rescuers work at a site after a Russian military strike in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, February 28, 2023.

A local resident smokes near a buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, February 27, 2023.

Ukrainian service members on an empty street in the frontline city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 27, 2023.

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.