War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Lysychans'k

Residents walk past the ruins of the Lysychansk State Mining and Industrial College. Russia subjected the eastern Ukrainian city to prolonged artillery bombardments as it strangled its defenders' supply lines, forcing them to retreat.

Ukraine's withdrawal from Lysychansk has enabled Russia to claim full control of the eastern Luhansk region. But despite losing the city, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on July 4 that Ukraine's forces would continue to fight on elsewhere.

Local residents carry bottles of water past destroyed residential buildings in Lysychansk.

A view of the destroyed bridge linking Syevyerodonetsk with Lysychansk. All three bridges linking the two cities across the Siverskiy Donets River were destroyed.

A local resident walks with a bicycle past a destroyed police department building.