War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast


Bakhmut

25 May 2022
A woman stands in front of a destroyed administration building in the city of Bakhmut
A woman stands in front of a destroyed administration building in the city of Bakhmut in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas.
— Photo by AFP


Soledar

24 May 2022
Smoke and dirt ascends after a strike at a factory in the city of Soledar
Smoke and dirt ascends after a strike at a factory in the city of Soledar at the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 24, 2022, on the 90th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
— Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP via Getty Images / TNS


Kramatorsk

21 May 2022
A young local resident passes by a crater caused by a Russian strike earlier in May opposite an apartment building in Kramatorsk
A young local resident passes by a crater caused by a Russian strike earlier in May opposite an apartment building in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 21, 2022.
— Photo by Francisco Seco / AP Photo


Mariupol

21 May 2022
People walk past a destroyed building in Mariupol
People walk past a destroyed building in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 21, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Mariupol

20 May 2022
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022.
— Photo by AP Photo


Mariupol

19 May 2022
Damaged and burned vehicles in Mariupol
In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, a Ukrainian soldier stands inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant prior to surrender to the Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 19, 2022.
— Photo by Dmytro Kozatsky / AP


Mariupol

18 May 2022
Damaged and burned vehicles in Mariupol
Damaged and burned vehicles are seen at a destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, as smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal during heavy fighting, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. Mariupol, a strategic port on the Sea of Azov, has been besieged by Russian troops and forces from self-proclaimed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine for more than six weeks.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Bakhmut

18 May 2022
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian at a site of an apartment building destroyed by Russian shelling in Bakhmut
Rescuers carry the body of a civilian at a site of an apartment building destroyed by Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
— Photo by Andriy Andriyenko / AP Photo


Kramatorsk

17 May 2022
Surveying the damage in Malotaranivka
Surveying the damage in Malotaranivka just outside Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, this month.
— Photo by Lynsey Addario / The New York Times


Novoazovsk

17 May 2022
A wounded Ukrainian solider it carried on a stretcher after being evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks
A wounded Ukrainian solider it carried on a stretcher in the town of Novoazovsk after being evacuated by pro-Russian forces from the Azovstal steelworks.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters