Years of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine have left towns gutted and claimed tens of thousands of soldiers' lives. A drone view shows the ruins of residential buildings in the abandoned town of Marinka (Maryinka), which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, August 7, 2025.
Cars damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes burn next to an apartment building also damaged during the strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 31, 2025.