War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

A Ukrainian serviceman fires at a Russian drone as a resident watches nearby in the front-line city of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 26, 2026.

A destroyed apartment building in the front-line city of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 25, 2026.

An apartment buildings hit by a Russian air strike in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 25, 2026.

An unmanned ground vehicle loaded with stuff moves past a burned van on a street in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, August 10, 2026.

Servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces repair anti-drone nets in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Ukraine, July 25, 2026.

Communal workers clean a road at a site of a Russian air strike in the frontline city of Sloviansk, Ukraine, July 24, 2026.

Members of the “White Angels” police evacuation unit take part in the evacuation mission from the frontline town of Druzhkivka as residents walk on a street in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, July 3, 2026.

A serviceman of the 15th "Kara-Dag" Brigade of the Operational Assignment of the National Guard of Ukraine walks near a destroyed apartment building during his combat mission in the frontline town of Dobropillia, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, June 28, 2026.

People stand in front of a heavily damaged multi-story residential building following an overnight attack, what Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian drone strike, in Horlivka (Gorlovka), Donetsk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, June 24, 2026.

A resident watches from his balcony as another apartment burns after being hit by a Russian drone in the frontline town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, June 22, 2026.