War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

A local resident reacts as she waits for a car distributing humanitarian aid in the village of Verbivka, Izium Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.

A Ukrainian flag waves above the City Hall in Izium, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more Kremlin troops fleeing ahead of the counteroffensive that has inflicted a stunning blow on Moscow's military prestige.

Oleh Lutsai, 70, stands in front of the entrance of the damaged building where he lives in the freed village of Hrakove, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Lutsai has been living in the basement for months together with other neigbhors.

A man walks in a front of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 12, 2022.

Compound of a power substation heavily damaged by a recent Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 12, 2022.

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters put out a fire after a Russian rocket attack hit an electric power station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. The Kharkiv and Donetsk regions are completely without power due to the rocket attack.

A Ukrainian soldier passes by a Russian tank damaged in a battle in a just freed territory on the road to Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.

A destroyed car is pictured in front of a damaged residential building on Tuesday in Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas in Russia’s attack on Ukraine on September 7.

A local resident looks from the balcony of a residential building destroyed by military strikes in a street market in Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 6, 2022.

Communal employees work on a roof after it was damaged during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine on August 30.