War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast


Pokrovsk

15 June 2022
Police members inspect a crater caused by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk
Police members inspect a crater caused by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
— Photo by Efrem Lukatsky / AP Photo


Bakhmut

14 June 2022
A group of children walks past the remains of a missile strike
A group of children walks past the remains of a missile strike. Bakhmut is located 55 kilometers southwest of the twin cities of Lysychansk and Syevyerodonetsk, where fierce military clashes are taking place, which Kyiv has described as "one of the most brutal battles in and for Europe."
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL


Pokrovsk

14 June 2022
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire caused by a Russian missile strike in the settlement of Dobropillya
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire caused by a Russian missile strike in the settlement of Dobropillya. The Internal Affairs Ministry reported that 11 settlements in the Donetsk region were targeted on June 14, resulting in the destruction or damage of 60 buildings.
— Photo by Gleb Garanich / Reuters


Donetsk

14 June 2022
A man examines the roof of a hospital damaged during shelling in Donetsk
A man examines the roof of a hospital damaged during shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 14.
— Photo by AP


Bakhmut

12 June 2022
A woman looks on as grass burns after Russian shelling near the town of Bakhmut
A woman looks on as grass burns after Russian shelling near the town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on June 12.
— Photo by Gleb Garanich / Reuters


Bakhmut

8 June 2022
A boy views the aftermath of Russian shelling that destroyed his school in Bakhmut
A boy views the aftermath of Russian shelling that destroyed his school in Bakhmut on June 8. The school, located in Ukraine's Donetsk region, had 400 students before Russia's invasion.
— Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko / RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service


Mariupol

6 June 2022
A man crouches amid the rubble in the Livoberezhnyi district of Mariupol
A man crouches amid the rubble in the Livoberezhnyi district of Mariupol on June 6.
— Photo by Sergei Bobylev


Donetsk

6 June 2022
A girl carries a dog as she walks past a house damaged from shelling in Donetsk
A girl carries a dog as she walks past a house damaged from shelling in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, June 6, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Donetsk

5 June 2022
Local residents stand at a damaged the shelling apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk
Local residents stand at a damaged the shelling apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Five civilians were killed and 20 were injured Saturday as a result of multiple explosions close to the city of Donetsk.
— Photo by AP Photo


Druzhkivka

5 June 2022
A resident walks into a crater caused by a missile strike in Druzhkivka
A resident walks into a crater caused by a missile strike in Druzhkivka, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022.
— Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP Photo