War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

Smoke and flames rise after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian-guided aerial bomb hit a blood-transfusion center, in the town of Kupyansk in northeastern Ukraine on August 5.

Rescuers work at a site of a building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this picture obtained from social media, released on August 1, 2023.

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region, as seen from Kharkiv, on July 16.

A view of debris of apartment complex, where 54 people were killed by Russian shelling, in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on July 9.

A family runs from an explosion in Pervomaiskyi, Ukraine. At least 43 people, including 12 children, were injured after a suspected Russian Iskandar missile hit the town of Pervomaiskyi in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Moscow has denied deliberately targeting civilians but its missiles and drones have repeatedly struck cities across Ukraine.

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region, seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Sunday, June 4, 2023.

A local walks at a compound of a municipal market destroyed by a Russian military strike in the border town of Vovchansk, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, June 4, 2023.

A man stands next to a car destroyed by a Russian missile strike, in Tsyrkuny outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 18, 2023.

A local resident stands next to a museum building, heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, April 25, 2023.

A local resident stands next to his house damaged by a Russian missile strike in the village of Kotliary outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2023.