War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast


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


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


Mariupol

17 May 2022
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steel plant
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
— Photo by AP Photo


Mariupol

17 May 2022
injured Ukrainian servicemen inside the Azovstal factory in Mariupol
The photo, released on May 10 by Ukraine’s Azov regiment, shows injured Ukrainian servicemen inside the Azovstal iron and steelworks factory in eastern Mariupol, amid the Russian invasion.
— Photo by Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi


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


Mariupol

16 May 2022
A view shows the city of Mariupol
A view shows the city of Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast on May 10, 2022. Mariupol has been besieged and heavily bombarded by the Russian military since early March.
— Photo by AFP via Getty Images


Mariupol

16 May 2022
Ukrainian servicemen in a bus after they were evacuated from Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant on Tuesday
Ukrainian servicemen in a bus after they were evacuated from Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant on Tuesday. They are now in Russian custody and their futures are unclear.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / Associated Press


Mariupol

13 May 2022
Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol
Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Bakhmut

12 May 2022
A baby bed is seen inside an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Bakhmut
A baby bed is seen inside an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
— Photo by Andriy Andriyenko / AP Photo


Mariupol

12 May 2022
Local residents fil bottles with drinking water in Mariupol
Local residents fil bottles with drinking water in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
— Photo by AP Photo