War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

People stand in front of a heavily damaged multi-story residential building following an overnight attack, what Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian drone strike, in Horlivka (Gorlovka), Donetsk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, June 24, 2026.

A resident watches from his balcony as another apartment burns after being hit by a Russian drone in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, June 22, 2026.

A resident pushes a bicycle along a street covered with anti-drone nets and razor wire nearby in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, June 21, 2026.

A resident rides a bicycle on a street covered with anti-drone nets in the frontline city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 19, 2026.

A man walks near a damaged building in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 27, 2026.

A resident reacts at a site of a house hit by a Russian military strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, May 25, 2026.

Firefighters work next to burning vehicles at a site of a Russian airstrike in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, May 5, 2026.

Servicemen of the consolidated Brigade “Khyzhak” of the Ukrainian Patrol Police Department walk along a street near an anti-drone net as they take part in a mission to protect streets from Russian drones in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 28, 2026.

People walk next to destroyed buildings in the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 25, 2026.

Smoke and fire rise from an apartment building, which was hit during a Russian airstrike in Sloviansk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 15, 2026.