War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Donetsk Oblast

Rescue workers clear the debris at the scene where a woman was found dead after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.

Valentina Bondarenko reacts as she stands with her husband Leonid outside their house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The 78-year-old woman was in the garden and fell on the ground at the moment of the explosion. "Everything flew and I started to run away", says Valentina.

A Ukrainian serviceman from Dnipro-1 regiment walks past a damaged building in the retaken village of Shchurove, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

A Ukrainian serviceman passes by a destroyed church in the village of Dolyna, Ukraine, September 23, 2022.

Oleksander Zaitsev, 67, stands in front of the house where his friend was found dead after a Russian attack in Pokrovsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.

Flames rise from a fire following a Russian attack in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022.

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a residential building in Sloviansk, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2022. It's at night that residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk are most afraid, when rocket and artillery attacks happen more frequently. Shells and rockets slam into gardens and apartment buildings, sending chunks of masonry and shards of glass hurtling through the darkness.

Smoke rises in the distance following recent Russian shelling near Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 7, 2022.

A man walks over the debris of a house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

A Ukrainian firefighter puts out fire in a residential house after a Russian military strike in Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 5, 2022.