War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

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 Ukrainian national flag flutters on a damaged building in the town of Kupiansk, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, in a handout picture released September 19, 2022.

A destroyed bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River near the town of Balakliia, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 18, 2022.

Damaged houses in the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 17, 2022.

Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. After russian occupation. No electricity, no water, no heating, no mobile communications. September 16, 2022.

A military vehicle near a destroyed bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River in the town of Izium, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a counteroffensive operation, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 15, 2022.

A destroyed Russian multiple rocket launch system inside a farm in the village of Nova Husarivka (near Balaklia), recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 15, 2022.

A destroyed Russian tank in Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 14, 2022.

Destroyed civilian cars on a road near the town of Balakliia, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.

Local residents crowd near a car distributing humanitarian aid in the town of Balakliia, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.