War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

A resident leaves the site of an apartment building hit by Russian drone strike in Bilozerske, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 10, 2025.

Years of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine have left towns gutted and claimed tens of thousands of soldiers' lives. A drone view shows the ruins of residential buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka (Maryinka), which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, August 7, 2025.

Residents walk past burned cars hit by a Russian drone strike in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 2, 2025.

Residents walk at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian military strike in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, July 31, 2025.

Buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Kostiantynivkain, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, July 30, 2025.

A church damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 23, 2025.

A resident walks at a street near buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 21, 2025.

Drone view of the ruins of a church and buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka (Maryinka), destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, May 15, 2025.

A resident reacts in front of his apartment building, heavily damaged a day before by a Russian air strike, while rescuers try to find his mother under debris in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 8, 2025.

Residents walk next to an apartment building hit by Russian military strikes in the front line town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 23, 2025.