War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv Oblast

A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023.

People wait for a bus to arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.

Police officers inspect a Russian cruise missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, January 26, 2023.

A woman stands on top of a crater next to a destroyed house after a Russian rocket attack in Hlevakha, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.

Site of a helicopter crash in Brovary, Ukraine, January 18, 2023.

Buildings impacted by Russian missile shelling are seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

Serhii Kaharlytskyi cleans the rubble in his ruined home in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 10. 2023. Serhii lost his wife Iryna Kaharlytska during the latest Russian attack on Kyiv's tranquil Solomianskyi district on Dec. 31. For Serhii Kaharlytskyi, a 42-year-old Kyiv carpenter, his ruined home’s kitchen stands at the center of his family’s traumatic memories of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kaharlytskyi and his 10-year-old son had a narrow escape when a Russian missile landed outside on New Year’s Eve as they watched television together. Iryna wasn’t so lucky. She was in the kitchen preparing a meal. She didn’t survive.

A building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 31, 2022.

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.