War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kherson Oblast

Local resident Klavdia, 82, stands near her house which was destroyed by a Russian military strike in Kherson, Ukraine, December 29, 2022.

After eight months of fighting not a single house in the village of Oleksandrivka in the south of Ukraine has remained intact.

A man looks at the debris of shopfronts damaged in Russian shelling on the night of December 28.

Cars burn on a street after Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Kherson on December 24.

The damage inside after the landmark Kherson Regional State Administration building was reportedly hit by Russian rocket fire in Kherson, Ukraine, a this still image from video released December 14, 2022.

A building in Kherson on December 12 after being shelled by Russian forces.

A local woman speaks on her mobile phone in a window of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Kherson, Ukraine, December 11, 2022.

Destroyed buildings in the village of Posad-Pokrovske, Kherson Region, Ukraine, December 7, 2022.

A family look through their possessions at their house which was occupied by Russian forces, in recently liberated village of Pravdyne, Kherson region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Russian invaders left behind all sorts of trickery as they fled this southern city to jubilation across Ukraine a month ago, and they continue to strike it from afar.

A man rides a motorbike in front of houses which have been destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the recently liberated town of Arhanhelske, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Russian invaders left behind all sorts of trickery as they fled the southern city to jubilation across Ukraine a month ago, and continue to strike it from afar. Life in Kherson is still far from back to normal.