War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Mariupol

A man walks past a destroyed building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 16, 2023.

Local residents walk past a destroyed apartment block in Mariupol, in Ukraine on March 16, 2023.

Children pass shrapnel-scarred buildings in Mariupol on February 25, 2023. Thousands of civilians were killed during the Russian siege. Russia claims 3,000 civilians were killed, while Kyiv claims that more than 25,000 died.

A woman reacts as she walks through her neighbourhood past destroyed apartment blocks in Mariupol, February 23, 2023.

An excavator demolishes a ruined apartment block in Mariupol on February 15, 2023.

A view of an apartment building, damaged during a heavy fighting, in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Local people buy and sell food ahead of Christmas and the New Year festivities in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.

A damaged building in the Russian-occupied Azov Sea port city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine on November 29.

Local resident Pavel Shevtsov stands outside the apartment building where he lives in the basement with his wife Galina after their flat was destroyed in March in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 16, 2022.

Football players train in front of a heavily damaged building. These photos, which were released by Reuters on October 30, offer a rare view inside Russian-occupied Mariupol, five months after Moscow seized control of the Ukrainian port city.