War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast


Izium

21 February 2023
An aerial view shows residential buildings damaged by shelling in Izyum
An aerial view shows residential buildings damaged by shelling in Izyum, Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, on February 21, 2023.
— Photo by Ihor Tkachov / AFP


Kupiansk

21 February 2023
A destroyed hospital in Kupiansk
A destroyed hospital in Kupiansk, Ukraine, February 21, 2023.
— Photo by Chris McGrath / Getty Images Europe


Izium

18 February 2023
Ukrainian doctor Yurii Kuznetsov walks through the destroyed surgery section of the hospital in Izium
Ukrainian doctor Yurii Kuznetsov walks through the destroyed surgery section of the hospital in Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2023. Russian attacks have devastated Ukraine's health care system, raining down explosions upon hospitals and ambulances at a rate of nearly two a day for the past year, according to a study that attempted to document each strike.
— Photo by Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo


Kupiansk

14 February 2023
At a bus stop opposite the golden-domed Orthodox church, 62-year-old Halyna waited with two large shopping bags
At a bus stop opposite the golden-domed Orthodox church, 62-year-old Halyna waited with two large shopping bags. "I lived here under the Russian occupation," she said nervously, declining to give her surname. "But I'm afraid of another attack. I'm going to Kharkiv. My daughter is there. I want to stay there to be safe."
— Photo by Sergey Bobok / AFP Photo


Izium

13 February 2023
A family is seen outside of a destroyed apartment building in Izium
A family is seen outside of a destroyed apartment building in Izium.
— Photo by Anadolu Agency / Anadolu


Kharkiv

5 February 2023
A building of the National University of Urban Economy heavily damaged in central Kharkiv
A building of the National University of Urban Economy heavily damaged by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, February 5, 2023.
— Photo by Vitalii Hnidyi / Reuters


Kharkiv

30 January 2023
A woman carries her child as they evacuate from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket at the city center of Kharkiv
A woman carries her child as they evacuate from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket at the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Russian shelling killed at least five people and wounded 13 others during the previous 24 hours, Ukrainian authorities said Monday as the Kremlin’s and Kyiv’s forces remained locked in combat in eastern Ukraine.
— Photo by Andrii Marienko / AP Photo


Kharkiv

29 January 2023
An emergency worker walks in front of a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket in the city center of Kharkiv
An emergency worker walks in front of a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
— Photo by Yevhen Titov / AP Photo


Kharkiv

15 January 2023
A destroyed Russian tank covered by snow in a forest in the Kharkiv region
A destroyed Russian tank covered by snow in a forest in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine on January 15.
— Photo by Reuters


Shevchenkove

9 January 2023
Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a local market heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Shevchenkove
Ukrainian firefighters work at the site of a local market heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, on January 9.
— Photo by Sofia Gatilova / Reuters