War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Sloviansk

6 August 2022
Residents carry water collected at a nearby well while walking past the charred remains of a car from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk
Residents carry water collected at a nearby well while walking past the charred remains of a car from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the nearly deserted streets of this eastern Ukrainian city.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo
An elderly woman looks out of her apartment window in a damaged building from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk
An elderly woman looks out of her apartment window in a damaged building from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo
Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk
Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near the key city has damaged vital infrastructure that has cut residents off from gas and water for months. The water continues to flow for now, but fears grow that, come winter, the city only seven miles (12 kilometers) from Russian-occupied territory could face a humanitarian crisis once the pipes begin to freeze over.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo
Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk
Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Only a fifth of the city's pre-invasion population of 100,000 remains. With heavy fighting raging only miles away residents defy the shelling to make do with the only water source left.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo
Lyubov Mahlii, 76, packs a crate with water bottles she filled up at a public tank to take back to her apartment in Sloviansk
Lyubov Mahlii, 76, packs a crate with water bottles she filled up at a public tank to take back to her apartment in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. "When there are bombings and sirens, we keep carrying it," she said. "It's a great risk for us, but what can we do?" (AP Photo/David Goldman)
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo
A bicyclist and a stray dog move past a damaged apartment building from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk
A bicyclist and a stray dog move past a damaged apartment building from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the nearly deserted streets of this eastern Ukrainian city.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo