War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv Oblast

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.

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.