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


Pokrovsk

25 May 2022
Workers remove pieces of a rocket from a crater after a Russian strike in Pokrovsk
Workers remove pieces of a rocket from a crater after a Russian strike in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Two rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region early Wednesday morning, causing at least four injuries.
— Photo by Francisco Seco / AP Photo


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


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


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


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