War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk

A woman removes shards of glass from broken windows of a beauty salon, following recent shelling in Donetsk in the course of Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, December 3, 2023.

A resident stands inside an apartment damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, November 28, 2023.

Rescuers work to put out a fire outside a damaged residential building hit by shelling in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk on November 7.

Tank cars set ablaze following recent shelling at a railway junction in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, 31 October.

A view shows a multi-storey residential building damaged in recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 26, 2023.

Local resident Grigory Samarin, 71, walks inside his house damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, October 15, 2023.

Aftermath of recent shelling in Donetsk, September 27, 2023.

Local resident Tatyana Gerpuleva, 75, injured by recent shelling, stands outside her destroyed house in Donetsk, September 24, 2023.

Ukrainian military chaplain Ivan visits a bombed church with an infantry soldier (unseen) of the Black Zaporozhian Cossacks 72th brigade on the frontline near Donetsk. Ivan gives moral support to the soldiers fighting against Russian forces on the frontline. The brigade is named after the Ukrainian Black Zaporozhian Cossacks regiment, which fought against Russian Bolsheviks during the 1917-22 Russian civil war. September 15, 2023.

A man walks past a house destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, September 11, 2023.

Smoke rises above buildings following a shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 10, 2023.

Local resident Inna stands in her neighbors' apartment damaged by recent shelling in the Donetsk region on September 5, 2023.

Local resident Vladislav Driga, 75, stands next to the ruins of his outbuilding destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 1, 2023.

A man attempts to douse a fire with water after a strike on the Russian-held village of Lidiyevka in the Donetsk region on August 31.

Local resident Viktoria Aksenova, 61, assesses the damage and removes debris inside her apartment hit by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 23, 2023.

Lyubov Tolchina, 63, reacts next to the damaged house of her son Vitaly, 40, who was killed the day before by shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 13, 2023.

A woman searches for her belongings in the ruins of a house destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 9, 2023.

Firefighters walk along a burned-out corridor of the University of Economics and Trade, which was reportedly hit by shelling, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 6, 2023.

Firefighters extinguish a fire in the university building following an attack in Donetsk, Ukraine, August 5, 2023.

Retired employee Tatyana, who didn't give her family name, stands on a staircase of a multi-story building next to her apartment destroyed in recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 25, 2023.

Firefighters work to extinguish fire at a warehouse destroyed in shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, July 24, 2023.

An aerial view of damaged private houses and shell and rocket craters in the suburbs of Donetsk, Ukraine, on May 26, 2023.

Local resident Marina Sandei, 58, reacts inside her house destroyed by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 29, 2023.

Local resident Vladimir Kotenev, 66, walks in a room of his house heavily damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 28, 2023.

Local resident Natalia Usik, 62, clears the rubble from the ruins of her house destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 26, 2023.

A lifeless body covered by plastic lies on the ground at a street market after the shelling that Russian officials in Donetsk said was conducted by Ukrainian forces, in Donetsk, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, April 7, 2023.

A rescuer stands outside a multi-story apartment block damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, March 28, 2023.

A woman stands next to a shell crater in the ruins of the water supply station building destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 22, 2023.

A man speaks on the phone outside buildings damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 12, 2023.

Rescuers use a crane to remove debris of a from a residential building damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023.

Emergency personnel work among debris at the site where a building was heavily damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, January 16, 2023.

A woman walks inside a hospital damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 20, 2022.

A woman walks inside a hospital damaged by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 20, 2022.

Local resident Amiram stands next to his friend's house that was destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 17, 2022.

A woman walks past an office building damaged by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, December 15, 2022.

Firefighters work at a local market hit by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, December 12, 2022.

People gather near a residential building destroyed in recent shelling in Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 10, 2022.

Firefighters work to extinguish fire amidst debris of a residential building destroyed in shelling in in Donetsk, Ukraine, December 9, 2022.

A Russian military investigator works outside a residential building heavily damaged in recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, December 6, 2022.

Municipal workers remove debris outside a building on the premises of a local church which was damaged in shelling in Donetsk, December 5, 2022.

Smoke rises near a local railway administration headquarters damaged in shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 7, 2022.

Local resident Alexander stands on the ruins of a house destroyed by recent shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 6, 2022.

The city administration building hit by recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, October 16, 2022.

A view of the Donetsk People's Republic's administration building damaged by shelling in Donetsk, separatist Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.

An investigative committee officer stands inside a building damaged by shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.

A man climbs out of a damaged residential building following shelling in Donetsk on June 20.

A man examines the roof of a hospital damaged during shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 14.

A girl carries a dog as she walks past a house damaged from shelling in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, June 6, 2022.

Local residents stand at a damaged the shelling apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Five civilians were killed and 20 were injured Saturday as a result of multiple explosions close to the city of Donetsk.

A woman runs from a house that's on fire after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022.

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.

Firefighters work at a residential building damaged by shelling during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine March 30, 2022