War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

An excavator demolishes a ruined apartment block in Mariupol on February 15, 2023.

A car drives past a destroyed tank at the former positions of Russian forces in Ridkodub village, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.

An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.

Ukrainian soldiers walk along a street lined with damaged buildings in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on February 12.

The city center damaged by Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Writing on the wall reads "Bakhmut loves Ukraine".

An aerial view of Vuhledar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

Smog during shelling in the front line city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, February 9, 2023.

Russian forces have been attacking repeatedly around Avdiyivka, which had a prewar population of some 30,000.

Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 4, 2023.

Rescuers use a crane to remove debris of a from a residential building damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023.