War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv

Rescuers work at the site of a building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 25, 2024.

A rescuer works at a site of a building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 21, 2024.

Ukrainian servicemen visit an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, February 27, 2024.

A person stands outside a cordoned-off area of a building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 7, 2024.

Firefighters work at a site where production facilities were damaged during a Russian drone strike in the Kyiv region on January 30, 2024.

Parts of a missile lie on the ground near an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 23, 2024.

A man looks out the window of a destroyed flat of a residential building on Friday, damaged by Russian shelling in Kyiv.

Daryna, granddaughter of Lyudmyla Shevtsova, a lecturer at Kyiv Mohyla Academy who was killed in Tuesday’s Russian missile attack, looks at debris of her grandmother’s apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024.

A fire caused by falling rocket debris rages at a pipeline in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv after a Russian missile attack on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

An apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 22, 2023.

Firefighters work at a site of a warehouse heavily damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, released December 21, 2023.

A protest in Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Square calling for an urgent exchange of POWs with Russia to free Ukrainians taken captive following the fall of Mariupol.

Local residents leave their apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 13, 2023.

A local resident stands next to a crater at a site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 11, 2023.

A damaged kindergarten following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Russia launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Saturday morning, military officials said.

Pedestrians walks past destroyed Russian military vehicles blanketed in snow in front of Saint Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, in downtown Kyiv, on November 22, 2023.

An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 19, 2023.

Relatives of Ukrainian soldiers attend a protest calling for legislation regulating the length of active military duty in Kyiv on November 12.

Missile traces are seen in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 11, 2023.

Soldiers of the Ukrainian army in Kyiv, October 30, 2023.

Ukrainian war veterans take part in a charity run in Kyiv on October 29 to honor their country's military and raise money for its air defenses.

People look at destroyed Russian military vehicles on display in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on a foggy day, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 21, 2023.

Relatives of soldiers from the Azov Regiment, captured by Russia after the fall of Mariupol, demand to free them at a flashmob action in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Protesters hold placards and flags depicting portraits of Ukrainian prisoners of war and missing servicemen during a rally demanding their search and liberation at Independence Square in Kyiv on Oct. 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Young Ukrainian military cadets visit an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian armour in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 29, 2023.

Firefighters work at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2023.

An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 10, 2023.

Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6.

A flash from the explosion of a missile illuminates the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 30, 2023.

A local resident carries belongings from the ruins of her house destroyed in a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 27, 2023.

People look at fragments of Russian rockets which have been on display on the central Khreshchatyk boulevard in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, as Ukrainians mark Independence Day.

A woman poses for photos with a Ukrainian flag in front of destroyed Russian armored military vehicles on display in the center of Kyiv on Ukrainian National Flag Day on August 23.

People look at a large number of burned out and captured Russian tanks and infantry carriers which have been on display on the central Khreshchatyk boulevard as Ukrainians prepare to mark Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 22. Ukraine marks Independence Day on Aug. 24.

People attend an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles located on the main street Khreshchatyk as part of the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 21.

A maintenance worker stands outside a damaged government building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, following Russian drone attacks.

People take cover inside a subway station during an air raid alert, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 26, 2023.

Ukrainian forces use a searchlight to scan the sky during a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 25.

Smoke rises in the sky over the city after a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 19, 2023.

An interior view shows an apartment inside a residential building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2023.

Two women with mock AK-47 rifles participate in firearms training for civilians amid the country's ongoing war against Russia in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

An apartment building damaged during Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 24, 2023.

People look at Russian drones installed as a symbol of war in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 15, 2023.

People sleep on stairs as they take shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 4, 2023.

A relative reacts as she looks at the bodies of Olha Ivashko, 33, and her daughter Vika, nine. Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2023.

An apartment building damaged during a massive Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2023.

Tracks and white smoke are seen in the sky during Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023.

A man inspects his office damaged by a drone during a night attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.

A residential building damaged by remains of a Russian suicide drone shot down by Air Defence Forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 20, 2023.

A police officer inspects the remains of a Russian cruise missile shot down by Air Defence Forces in Kyiv on May 18, 2023.

An explosion of a missile is seen in Kyiv during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 16, 2023.

Destroyed apartments of a residential building hit by the debris of a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv on May 8, 2023.

People take pictures next to flowering trees and anti-tank hedgehogs in a park in Kyiv on May 6, 2023.

An explosion of a drone in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2023. Russia also fired two dozen combat drones at Ukraine earlier on Thursday, hitting Kyiv for the third time in four days.

People watch destroyed Russian tanks and armoured vehicles on display near the St. Michael's Cathedral in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Emergency workers at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2023.

A general view of a heavily damaged building outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2023.

A man looks at the remains of a Russian missile displayed in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.

A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank displayed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023.

A dove with an olive branch painted in Ukraine's national colors stands in sharp contrast to a burned out Russian tank in the village of Dmytrivka, outside Kyiv, on January 30. Urban artist Tvboy, the pseudonym used by Salvatore Benintende, visited Ukraine, where his works offer messages of hope, peace, and freedom for the war-scarred country.

People wait for a bus to arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.

Police officers inspect a Russian cruise missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, January 26, 2023.

Buildings impacted by Russian missile shelling are seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

Serhii Kaharlytskyi cleans the rubble in his ruined home in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 10. 2023. Serhii lost his wife Iryna Kaharlytska during the latest Russian attack on Kyiv's tranquil Solomianskyi district on Dec. 31. For Serhii Kaharlytskyi, a 42-year-old Kyiv carpenter, his ruined home’s kitchen stands at the center of his family’s traumatic memories of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kaharlytskyi and his 10-year-old son had a narrow escape when a Russian missile landed outside on New Year’s Eve as they watched television together. Iryna wasn’t so lucky. She was in the kitchen preparing a meal. She didn’t survive.

A building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 31, 2022.

Rescuers work at a site of a residential house damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 29, 2022.

Firefighters work at a site of critical power infrastructure hit during Russia's drones attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, in a handout picture released December 19, 2022.

Parts of a drone at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 14, 2022. The inscription reads "For Ryazan."

A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months.

A police officer stands next to a part of a Russian cruise missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, December 5, 2022.

A woman walks between anti-tank hedgehogs, which were installed to protect the city from the Russian troops, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

People use their mobile phone lamps to look at items at a sporting goods store during a power outage, after critical civil infrastructure was hit by a Russian missile attacks in Ukraine, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, November 26, 2022.

People wait in line to collect water, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. Residents of Ukraine's bombed but undaunted capital clutched empty bottles in search of water and crowded into cafés for power and warmth Thursday, switching defiantly into survival mode after new Russian missile strikes a day earlier plunged the city and much of the country into the dark in winter.

Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 23, 2022.

Firefighters work to put out a fire in a residential building hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 15, 2022.

Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.

A meat vendor uses a candle to illuminate her market meat stall during a power outage in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.

Yuliia Zaika, a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl, holds her cat Marsyk outside her half-sister's destroyed house in the village of Moshchun, near Kyiv, Ukraine, November 8, 2022.

Pedestrians walk past a display of destroyed Russian tanks and armoured vehicles in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.

A person plays a piano in a street underpass during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022.

People fill containers with water from public water pumps in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet.

People shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on October 25.

Climbers cover a roof of a historic building damaged over a week ago by Russian missile strike in the center Kyiv, Ukraine, October 20, 2022.

Firefighters work to put out a fire in a thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 18, 2022.

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Waves of explosive-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine's capital as families were preparing to start their week early Monday, the blasts echoing across Kyiv, setting buildings ablaze and sending people scurrying to shelters.

Local residents stand next to their car, destroyed by the previous day's Russian military strike, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, October 11, 2022.

A medical worker runs past a burning car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The Russian missiles that rained down Monday on cities across Ukraine, bringing fear and destruction to areas that had seen months of relative calm, are an escalation in Moscow's war against its neighbor. But military analysts say it’s far from clear whether the strikes mark a turning point in a war that has killed thousands of Ukrainians and sent millions fleeing from their homes.

Children play on destroyed Russian military vehicles in central Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday. Several children were killed and injured as a result of Russian attacks and the negligent handling of ammunition on Saturday.

People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Kyiv authorities have banned mass gatherings in the capital through Thursday for fear of Russian missile attacks. Independence Day, like the six-month mark in the war, falls on Wednesday.

A woman poses for a picture with a national flag as she visits an exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles and weapons, dedicated to the country's upcoming Independence Day, in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, August 21, 2022.

Ukrainians visit an avenue, where destroyed Russian military vehicles have been displayed in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Drawing the attention of large numbers of pedestrians and amateur snappers on Saturday in downtown Kyiv a large column of burned out and captured Russian tanks and infantry carriers were displayed on the central Khreshchatyk boulevard.

Servicemen work at the scene at a residential building following explosions, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Several explosions rocked the west of the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, with at least two residential buildings struck, according to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.

Moshchun village on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2022.

The girl looks at the smartphone on a bench in front of a destroyed multi -storey building in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2022.

A woman heads to the market in Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

A man walks with his dog near a building destroyed by attacks in Gorenka, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

A woman looks at a destroyed Russian tanks installed as a symbol of war in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. St Michael cathedral is in the background.

Melania works clearing the rubble of a temple that was destroyed during attacks in Gorenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 6, 2022.

Smokes raises from a railway service facility hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022.

Nila Zelinska holds a doll belonging to her granddaughter, she was able to find in her destroyed house in Potashnya outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Zelinska just returned to her home town after escaping war to find out she is homeless.

A rusting Russian battle tank rests beside a Kyiv motorway last week.

Cars pass by Russian tanks destroyed in a recent battle against Ukrainians in the village of Dmytrivka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022.

A woman looks at a destroyed Russian tank installed as a symbol of war in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022.

Russian army Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind a glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. The trial of a Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian opened Friday, the first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of its neighbor.

Ukrainian servicemen load bodies of Russian soldiers into a railway refrigerator carriage in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022.

Russia struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv shortly after a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday evening.

Sasha and Anton, both 15, play chess near a ruined building in Kyiv on March 24.

The Retroville shopping mall is seen in Kyiv after Russian shelling on March 21.

Firefighters work to extinguish flames at an apartment building in Kyiv on March 15. .

Kyiv, Ukraine: 9 March, 2022 - Divine service in the Vladimir Cathedral Patriarchal Cathedral, in Kyiv

People crowd as they try to get on a train to Lviv at the Kyiv station.

The remains of a missile at a bus terminal in Kyiv, March 4, 2022.

Kyiv, Ukraine : 3 March, 2022 - People with disabilities, at the railway station

An explosion is seen at a TV tower in Kyiv on March 1. Russian forces fired rockets near the tower and struck a Holocaust memorial site in Kyiv hours after warning of 'high-precision' strikes on other facilities linked to Ukrainian security agencies.

KYIV, UKRAINE - Feb. 28, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. Empty shelves in Kiev grocery stores

KYIV, UKRAINE - Feb. 27, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. Fighters of the battalion of territorial defense of the city of Kyiv

An apartment building in Kyiv is seen after it was damaged by shelling on February 26. The outer walls of several apartment units appeared to be blown out entirely, with the interiors blackened and debris hanging loose.

KYIV, UKRAINE - Feb. 25, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. View of a civilian building damaged following a Russian rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE - Feb. 24, 2022: War of Russia against Ukraine. Debris of an a Russian rocket aftermath of an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine