War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv Oblast

Rescuers work at a site of a residential house damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 29, 2022.

Sunflowers, a beloved symbol of Ukraine, and a family of storks adorn the shattered walls of Irpin's Central House of Culture. With the Ukrainian government lacking the funds for widespread reconstruction, many residents are forced to restore their own homes and make use of any functioning public facilities.

Firefighters work at a site of critical power infrastructure hit during Russia's drones attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, in a handout picture released December 19, 2022.

Local resident Mykola Kobzarenko inspects the remains of his garage, destroyed during a Russian drone strike, in the village of Stari Bezradychi, Obukhiv district of Kyiv Region, Ukraine, December 19, 2022.

Parts of a drone at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 14, 2022. The inscription reads "For Ryazan."

Servicemen watch as a bombed building is dismantled in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months.

A police officer stands next to a part of a Russian cruise missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, December 5, 2022.

A man pushes his bike next to destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, near Kyiv, on December 4.

Evacuees living in container housing in Bucha brave freezing temperatures and power cuts. Ukrainian civilians who have fled Russian-occupied cities in the east, along with local Bucha residents who have lost their homes, do their best to cope with temporary modular housing. But with electricity frequently cut off, they improvise for sources of heat while their children bundle up and try to do homework before the next outage.