War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kharkiv Oblast

Local residents Natalia, 59, and her granddaughter Ilona, 9, stand on ruins of their house in Kupiansk Vuzlovyi, Ukraine, October 17, 2022.

Anton Sevrukov, 47, toasts bread over fire in a makeshift stove in Kivsharivka, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. As temperatures drop below freezing in eastern Ukraine, those who haven't fled from the heavy fighting, regular shelling and months of Russian occupation are now on the threshold of a brutal winter and digging in for the cold months.

A boy plays on ruins of his grandmother's house in Kupiansk, Ukraine, October 16, 2022.

A pink teddy bear lies on the ground in front of residential apartments destroyed by Russian military strikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 14, 2022.

A power substation destroyed by a Russian military strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 4, 2022.

Ukrainian soldiers remove metal structure pieces as they work on a bridge damaged during fighting with Russian troops in Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A series of embarrassing military losses for Moscow in recent weeks has presented a growing challenge for prominent hosts of Russian news and political talk shows scrambling to find ways to paint Kyiv's gains in a way that is still favorable to the Kremlin.

A shell crater at a railway station in the village of Kozacha Lopan, recently liberated, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 3, 2022.

A man drives by motorbike on a destroyed bridge across Oskil river during evacuation in recently liberated town Kupiansk, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

The wreckage of a Russian fighting aircraft shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a counteroffensive operation in a field near the town of Izium, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, September 30, 2022.

A Ukrainian firefighter work at a freight railway station destroyed by a Russian military strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2022.