War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Izium

Local residents collect wood for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based, in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Residents of Izium, a city recaptured in a recent Ukrainian counteroffensive that swept through the Kharkiv region, are emerging from the confusion and trauma of six months of Russian occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the world's largest mass grave sites.

A view on destroyed bridge across Siverskiy-Donets river in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Tetyana, 68, collects a wood to heat for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Liudmila Teresenko, 82, hauls a cart with wood for heating her house which she took from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based, in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

A woman collects wood for heating from a destroyed school where Russian forces were based in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

People receive packages from their relatives in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

People receive water as humanitarian aid in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Burned mortar shells lie on the ground in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

A van with sign "Z" is parked in a residential neighbourhood of the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

A dog walks in front of destroyed Russian MSLR BM-21 Grad with sign "Z" in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

A man walks in front of destroyed car with the sign "Z" in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

A man stands in the garage with Russian artillery shells in the recently retaken area of Kamyanka, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.

Locals ride past an exploded missile on a main road in the town of Balakliia, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 19, 2022.