War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Lyman

Servicemen of the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces walk along a street in the frontline town of Lyman, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, October 27, 2025.

Valentina Anatolevna and Tatyana Mikhailovna wait to pick up wood to heat their homes outside a court that was destroyed by an air strike in the front-line town of Lyman, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on December 14, 2023.

Cars destroyed by an apparent Russian cluster-munitions strike on the Ukrainian town of Lyman on July 8.

A damaged residential building in the town of Lyman, in Donetsk region, as Russia’s military operations in Ukraine continue. 23 Feb, 2023.

A destroyed playground and school are seen, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Jan 19, 2023.

Ukrainian soldiers walk under a communications tower that fell from a strike during intense shelling in Yampil, Ukraine, December 28, 2022.

Essential services like running water, electricity and heating have been disrupted across eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region. The remaining residents in the town of Lyman install firewood stoves inside their apartments and collect firewood to stay warm. December 23, 2022.

A man walks by a damaged building inside the war-torn town of Lyman, formerly occupied by Russia, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on December 12, 2022.

A view of damaged electrical wires after Ukrainian army retaken control from the Russian forces in Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on November 27, 2022.

Elderly women cook food on a fire in the yard of an apartment building in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. The situation in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and other major cities has deteriorated drastically following the largest missile attack on the country's power grid on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Ukrainian state-owned grid operator Ukrenergo reported that 40% of Ukrainians were experiencing difficulties, due to damage to at least 15 major energy hubs across the country.

A woman rides a bicycle past destroyed buildings in the recently recaptured village of Yampil, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.

A firefighter works at the scene of a damaged residential building after Russian shelling in the liberated Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.

An elderly woman reacts as she leaves her house located in a combat zone in the village of Zarechne in the Lymansk urban territorial community in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk Oblast, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

A Ukrainian serviceman and journalists walk between destroyed Russian equipment placed in an area at the recaptured town of Lyman in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022.

A man pumps water in front of destroyed house in the recently recaptured town of Lyman, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Lyman resident live without electricity, gas and running water since mid of May.

A Ukrainian serviceman from Dnipro-1 regiment walks past a damaged building in the retaken village of Shchurove, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench near the town of Lyman in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk Oblast on April 28, 2022.