War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Firefighters work at the site of a furniture warehouse hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 6, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a damaged market hit during a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 26, 2026.

A shopping center hit by a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 22, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a shopping mall hit by an overnight Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine September 21, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a household and construction item shopping mall as smoke and fire rise after Russian drone strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

A member of the police evacuation unit assists a resident during an evacuation from the frontline village of Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, August 20, 2026.

A vendor collects surviving goods at the site of a street market hit by a Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 19, 2026.

A resident clear debris at the site of a Russian missile and air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 11, 2026.

A firefighter works at a site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 10, 2026.

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 2, 2026.

A firefighter walks at the site of a petrol station hit by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 26, 2026.

Rescuers work at a site of the drinking water delivery company hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 25, 2026.

A resident removes debris from his apartment damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 23, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 21, 2026.

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 19, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of residential houses hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 16, 2026.

Rescuers and police officers work at a site of an apartment building hit by Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 15, 2026.

A residential building burns after it was damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 13, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 12, 2026.

Rescuers and medical workers work at the site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 10, 2026.

Rescuers work at a site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 8, 2026.

Rescuers work near charred vehicles at the parking lot hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 4, 2026.

A police officer guards at the site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 30, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian military strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 26, 2026.

A resident walks at the site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 23, 2026.

Residents look at a private house that burns after an overnight Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 22, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

A police officer and a rescuer remove debris at the site of an administrative building that was hit by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 20, 2026.

Firefighters work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 16, 2026.

The site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 8, 2026.

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 30, 2026.

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 15, 2026.

A site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 5, 2026.

A medical worker stands at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 17, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Residents stand at the site of a church hit by Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 16, 2026.

A resident inspects her destroyed car at the site of a Russian combined military strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 15, 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 13, 2026.

Employees walk next to a crater that appeared at a compound of a school after a Russian air strike on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 9, 2026.

A Ukrainian service member walks near residential buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, March 26, 2026.

Rescuers work at the site of a building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 21, 2026.

Police bomb squad members work at a site of a postal distribution centre of Nova Post company hit by Russian missile in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 17, 2026.

A resident stands at the site of buildings hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 16, 2026.

Paramedics give first aid to an injured resident following Russian aerial guided bomb strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2026.

The interior of the damaged flat in an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, February 26, 2026.

A Ukrainian national police officer, holding a shotgun used as a counter-drone weapon, holds a drone fibre-optic cable during an evacuation of residents from Tavriiske and Yurkivka villages in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, in a screengrab from a video, February 3, 2026.

Rescuers work in the maternity hospital hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, February 1, 2026.

Residents stand next to burned cars at the site of an apartment building damaged during overnight Russian drone and missile strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, January 28, 2026.

Police officers assist a resident during an evacuation from a frontline village of Yurkivka in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, January 27, 2026.

An apartment building damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, January 27, 2026.

A Ukrainian police officer feeds a dog in the front line village of Dolynka, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, January 16, 2026.

A burned car at the site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in a handout picture released December 24, 2025.

Residents react at the site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 19, 2025.

A resident records images on a mobile phone of a burning apartment building, which was hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 17, 2025.

Interior of the damaged flat in an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 16, 2025.

A resident inspects his damaged car at the site of the Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 14, 2025.

A resident walks in front of a burning apartment building which was damaged during an evening Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, November 25, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of the Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, November 20, 2025.

Residents stand near an apartment building hit during the Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, November 11, 2025.

Police investigators inspect debris at a site of a dormitory building heavily damaged during an overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 30, 2025.

A resident visits his apartment in a building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 22, 2025.

A woman looks at her house damaged by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 10, 2025.

A rescuer works at a site of the apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 5, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of buildings hit during the Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in a handout picture released September 23, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of a private enterprise damaged during a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 22, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of buildings hit during the Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine in a handout picture released September 16, 2025.

A firefighter works at the site of an apartment building hit during a Russian drone and missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine in a handout picture released August 30, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 18, 2025.

Firefighters battle a fire in the aftermath of a Russian military strike in a location given as Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, in a handout photo released August 17, 2025.

Rescuers and police officers work at the site of the Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 10, 2025.

Rescuers evacuate a wounded resident at the site of a Russian military strike in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, August 6, 2025.

A serviceman walks at the site of the penal colony hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 29, 2025.

A residential building damaged by Russian military strikes and anti-drone nets installed over a street in the frontline town Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 23, 2025.

Site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, July 7, 2025.

Destroyed cars and a building of shopping mall damaged by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 14, 2025.

A resident stands at the site of the Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 9, 2025.

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 6, 2025.

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 1, 2025.

Yurii Bilyk, director of a local lyceum, walks next to its building destroyed by a recent Russian air strike in the village of Novopavlivka, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Ukraine, February 18, 2025.

Residential buildings heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, February 12, 2025.

Residents walk past a building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, February 1, 2025.

Rescuers prepare to lift the body of a person pulled out from the debris of a building which was heavily damaged by yesterday's Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 11, 2024.

Rescuers work at the site where a building was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 10, 2024.

A police officer inspects destroyed cars at the site of a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, December 6, 2024.

A dormitory room of National University Zaporozhzhia Polytechnic that was damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, November 11, 2024.

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, November 7, 2024.

A residential area hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 12, 2024.

A woman stands in the backyard of her house destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 10, 2024.

Apartment buildings damaged by Russian military strikes in Orikhiv near a front line in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, October 9, 2024.

An apartment building damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 1, 2024.

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 29, 2024.

A man removes debris at a site of a residential area heavily damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 26, 2024.

Firefighters work at the site of what Ukrainian officials say is a Russian air strike in a location given as Zaporizhia Region, Ukraine, in a handout image released September 23, 2024.

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike in the town of Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, June 29, 2024.

Ukrainian servicemen patrol an area heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, May 20, 2024.

Police sappers work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 8, 2024.

Emergency workers carry an injured woman at a site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 5, 2024.

A Ukrainian service member walks in front of a residential building destroyed by a Russian air strike in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, April 3, 2024.

The Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, hit by a Russian missile strike, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in a handout picture released on March 22, 2024.

Ukrainian national flags flutter in front of a heavily damaged apartment building in Orikhiv, Ukraine, February 28, 2024.

A local woman stands next to a damaged apartment building at a site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, January 8, 2024.

Volunteers weave winter camouflage nets for Ukrainian soldiers, December 27, 2023.

A local resident walks in front of a building heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, December 13, 2023.

Firefighters at the scene after a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia region. Russia carried out a major drone attack on Ukraine on Friday night.

Destroyed vehicles along a road near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, November 4, 2023. Robotyne is a village in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.

The aftermath of a deadly Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian village of Zarichne on November 3. Nine residents of the village of Zarichne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast have been injured as a result of a rocket strike.

A tourist sign amid rubble in Huliaipole, a city in Polohy Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southeastern Ukraine, October 26, 2023.

Local residents stand in front of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine October 18, 2023.

Rubble dots the landscape in the frontline town of Orikhiv on October 04, 2023.

Burned cars outside a damaged apartment block in the frontline town of Orikhiv on September 17, 2023.

Ukrainian farmer Yakiv Marynchenko, 67, inspects the rubble of a destroyed grain storage on his farm, near the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine, 14 September 2023.

A view shows a residential building destroyed by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine September 13, 2023.

A damaged church in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, 9 September 2023.

Lubov Jarova holds her dog, Peremoha (victory), as she walks among the rubble of a school in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, 7 September 2023, amid the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian soldiers of the Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' enter the embattled village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 25, 2023.

Ukrainian forces raise the national flag in the settlement of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a social media video released August 23, 2023.

People stand near the site of a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

A residential buildings destroyed by Russian military strike in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, August 10, 2023.

Destruction in Zaporizhzhia following a Russian missile strike on August 9.

Destroyed buildings in the city of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, which has been pummelled for months by Russian bombardment.

Medics help an injured Ukrainian serviceman in a front-line medical stabilisation point in the Zaporizhia region, Ukraine, Thursday, July 27, 2023.

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a destroyed Russian tank in the recently liberated village of Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 21, 2023.

A woman walks next to a building heavily damaged by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, July 15, 2023.

A view shows buildings destroyed by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine July 10, 2023.

Local resident Volodymyr Bokii, 69, stands next to his house damaged by a Russian ballistic missile attack, in the town of Kushuhum, Zaporizhia, Ukraine, July 3, 2023.

A destroyed Russian tank in the village of Novodarivka, recently retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, July 2, 2023.

A crater is seen next to destroyed trucks after Russian shelling in Rozumivka, village in Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

A view of an explosion in Berdyansk, Russian-controlled Ukraine on Jun 2, 2023.

Mykola Gurzhiy, 74, a local fisherman stands at the kitchen of his flooded house in the island of Kakhovka reservoir on Dnipro river near Lysohirka, Ukraine, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Damage that has gone unrepaired for months at a Russian-occupied dam is causing dangerously high water levels along a reservoir in southern Ukraine.

Firefighters work at a site of a residential house destroyed by a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Malokaterynivka, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine May 11, 2023.

A bomb crater is seen against the background of the houses damaged in a Russian air raid in Orihiv, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

A man with a child walk past the destroyed Sunrise Park Hotel following Russian shelling, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 5, 2023.

People look at a building destroyed by Russian shelling at night in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

A part of a Russian rocket is seen in an agricultural field as a farmer works on a tractor during the sowing campaign in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

People save icons as they clear the rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in rocket attack on Easter night, a crater left by the rocket in the foreground, in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, early hours Sunday, April 16, 2023.

A volunteer inspects the remains of a residential house damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, April 9, 2023.

People receive humanitarian aid at a distribution spot in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Friday, April 7, 2023.

A boy sits on a climbing frame in a playground in front of missile-damaged buildings ahead of a visit by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday, March 27, 2023. Zelenskyy has been increasing his travel across Ukraine as his country's war with Russia enters its second year. A team of journalists from The Associated Press traveled with Zelenskyy aboard his train for two nights as he visited troops along the front lines and communities that have been liberated from Russian control.

Paramedics and rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 22, 2023.

A damaged restaurant is seen after Russian shelling hit in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, March 18, 2023.

A municipal worker stands next to a building of a hotel and spa complex damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 18, 2023.

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters inspect a damaged house after Russian shelling hit in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, March 3, 2023.

A local resident sweeps debris in front of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Stepnohirsk, Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, February 21, 2023.

People receive bread at a humanitarian aid distribution spot in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

A local resident walks past a school that was damaged by Russian shelling the town of Orikhiv in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.

Local residents carry their belongings as they leave their home damaged in the night Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023.

Tamara Makshanova 75, stands near a crater left by the Russian rocket that damaged her home in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.

Local resident Liubov Onyschenko in her house heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in the village of Kupriianivka, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, December 7, 2022.

In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia region military administration, a damaged building and a car are seen after a Russian strike in the village of Novosofiivka, in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported a new barrage of Russian missile strikes across the country Monday, an attack that was anticipated as Russia seeks to disable Ukraine's energy supplies and infrastructure with the approach of winter.

Local residents inspect a crater left by a Russian military strike in the village of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, November 21, 2022.

Rescuers work at the site of a Russian military strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, November 6, 2022.

Local resident Dmytro stands in an apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 21, 2022.

A destroyed car is seen next to a crater created by an explosion after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.

A woman stands near her destroyed car near an old mill, built around 1885, also destroyed during a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 14, 2022.

An office building of a car retailer destroyed during a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 11, 2022.

A residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 9, 2022.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers work at the scene of a building damaged by shelling in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi visits the site of a Russian missile strike that hit a convoy of civilian vehicles in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 30, 2022.

A residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 24, 2022.

Police officers stand next to a crater left by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 23, 2022.

Residential houses destroyed by Russian military strike in Orikhiv, Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, August 27, 2022.

The impressive crater left by a Russian missile in Kushuhum, near the Zaporizhzhia plant, Aug. 10, 2022

Sandbag barricades are seen in Zaporizhzhia on March 17.

Masha Feshchenko, 15, rests in Zaporizhzhia's children's hospital after being severely wounded

27th February, 2022, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia: Military hospital received assistance from residents of the city and the regional organization of the Red Cross.