War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast


Makiivka

4 May 2022
firefighters work at the site of fire at the oil depot after missiles struck the facility in Makiivka
Firefighters work at the site of fire at the oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Makiivka, 15 km (94 miles) east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
The representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC) said on Wednesday that the city of Makiivka was shelled and, according to preliminary data, an oil depot was on fire.
— Photo by AP Photo


Mariupol

3 May 2022
smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol
In this photo taken from video, smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
— Photo by AP Photo


Kramatorsk

3 May 2022
A man holds his son as they wait for boarding during an evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk
Leonid, 30, holds his son Sergei, 1, as they wait for boarding during an evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
— Photo by Andriy Andriyenko / AP Photo


Donetsk

30 April 2022
A man stands on the balcony of his apartment after a missile strike damaged a residential building in Ukraine's Donetsk region
A man stands on the balcony of his apartment after a missile strike damaged a residential building in Ukraine's Donetsk region on April 30.
— Photo by Jorge Silva / Reuters


Lyman

28 April 2022
Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench near the town of Lyman
Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench near the town of Lyman in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk Oblast on April 28, 2022.
— Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images


Mariupol

27 April 2022
A truck drives past the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
A truck drives past the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol, Ukraine, following the March 16, 2022, bombing when the theater was used as a shelter, in an area now controlled by Russian forces in Ukraine, April 27, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Mariupol

20 April 2022
Smoke over the Azovstal plant in Mariupol
Smoke over the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
— Photo by MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL, Scanpix


Mariupol

18 April 2022
Smoke rises above Mariupol on April 18
Smoke rises above Mariupol on April 18.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters


Mariupol

16 April 2022
Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest shelling in the war
Mariupol, Ukraine, a southern port city on the Sea of Azov, has been the site of some of the heaviest shelling in the war.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / Associated Press


Mariupol

13 April 2022
Ukrainian city of Mariupol in ruins
AFP's Alexander Nemenov photographs the devastation in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol during an official tour organised by Russia's military. Russian troops are intensifying their battle to seize the strategic port city which they began bombarding in early March.
— Photo by Alexander Nemenov / AFP News Agency