War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

Local residents stand near a destroyed car at a site of apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine 23, 2024.

A building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, January 17, 2024.

Rescuers cordon off the area surrounding a destroyed hotel following a missile strike in Kharkiv, on January 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A hotel in the centre of Kharkiv was hit with S-300 missiles. Up until now, 13 victims are known. Rescue services are on site to extinguish the fire and to give medical attention to those who need it.

People clear debris after Russia bombed Zmiiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. On the morning of 8 January, a Russian strike on the city of Zmiiv in Kharkiv Oblast claimed one life – the woman's body had been found retrieved from the rubble of her house.

Injured man in his car wrecked by a Russian missile strike on a residential apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

A view shows the Kharkiv Palace Hotel heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine December 31, 2023.

A crater is seen after a Russian missile strike at a compound of a public transport depot, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine December 20, 2023.

The battered townscape of Izium, where more than 5,000 houses and 120 apartment blocks have been damaged or destroyed. Dec. 16 2023.

A person in a bulletproof vest stands on the edge of a crater left by a Russian rocket during a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, on Friday, December 8, 2023.