War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a local market heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, on January 9.

Andriy Pleshan, 60, views the destruction near his cellar in Izyum, in eastern Ukraine, on January 2. The 70-square-meter cellar where he continues to live also provided sanctuary during World War II.

A local woman walks to the distribution point of humanitarian aid in front of housing that was damaged by Russian shelling in Kupyansk, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, on December 28.

A war prosecutor observes collected parts of Russian rockets which were used to attack the city of Kharkiv, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.

Police and investigators inspect a crater at a site of an industrial area destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, December 15, 2022.

A residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike is seen near the town of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, December 2, 2022.

A Ukrainian man spent months digging through the wreckage of an apartment block to find the body of a close friend from his school days. Pavlo Holub lives in Izyum, and he carried out this work during the six-month Russian occupation of the town before it was liberated by Ukrainian forces in September. During this time, Holub says he was also ordered by a Moscow-appointed official to bury 17 Ukrainian soldiers in a mass grave.

Remains of MLRS shells used by Russian troops for military strikes on the city and collected by sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, November 29, 2022.

A resident walks past heavily damaged buildings in the Ukrainian town of Izyum, Kharkiv region, on November 25.

Ukrainian soldiers inspect damaged a Russian tank on a road near the recently retaken village of Kamianka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022.