War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

A destroyed car hit by a Russian drone, where, according to local government, two journalists of the Ukrainian TV channel Freedom — Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin — were killed in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, October 23, 2025.

Apartment buildings damaged by Russian military strike in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, October 13, 2025.

Apartment buildings damaged by Russian military strike in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, October 12, 2025.

Apartment building damaged by Russian military strike in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine September 29, 2025.

A service member of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces walks next to damaged apartment buildings in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 21, 2025.

A member of the White Angels police evacuation unit assists a resident during an evacuation from the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 16, 2025.

A market trader cleans up his stall after a Russian drone struck the roof and exploded in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, September 10, 2025.

A damaged bicycle and debris lie on the ground following a Russian air strike that killed several civilians at a pension disbursal point in Yarova, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 9, 2025.

A resident leaves the site of an apartment building hit by Russian drone strike in Bilozerske, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 10, 2025.

Years of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine have left towns gutted and claimed tens of thousands of soldiers' lives. A drone view shows the ruins of residential buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka (Maryinka), which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, August 7, 2025.