War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast


Mariupol

12 May 2022
An injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal steel works factory in eastern Mariupol
Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022.
— Photo by Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi / AFP


Mariupol

10 May 2022
A Ukrainian woman soldier inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant take a rest in his shelter in Mariupol
In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, A Ukrainian woman soldier inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant take a rest in his shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 10, 2022. For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill. A Ukrainian soldier-photographer documented the events and sent them to the world. Now he is a prisoner of the Russians. His photos are his legacy.
— Photo by Dmytro Kozatsky / Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP


Kramatorsk

8 May 2022
A man walks between a bomb crater and the ruins of a row of houses that the explosion destroyed in Malotaranivka
A man walks between a bomb crater and the ruins of a row of houses that the explosion destroyed in Malotaranivka just outside Kramatorsk on May 8, 2022.
— Photo by The Kyiv Independent


Bakhmut

7 May 2022
People clean residential area after Russian airstrike in Bakhmut
People clean residential area after Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo


Mariupol

7 May 2022
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, in Mariupol
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo


Kramatorsk

7 May 2022
People clean an area after Russian airstrike in Kostyantynivka
People clean an area after Russian airstrike in Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk District, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo


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


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


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


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