Destroyed gas stations and shops, damaged residential buildings - this is how the town of Shakhtarsk in south-eastern Ukraine looks today after numerous bombardments launched by the Ukrainian army. Few people dare to venture into the city streets - most of them seek refuge in bomb shelters and basements.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankResidents of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
Residents of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankSmoke from fires following a shelling at the town of Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region.
Smoke from fires following a shelling at the town of Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankResidents of Shakhtarsk carry food and utensils to an apartment house' basement used as a bomb shelter.
Residents of Shakhtarsk carry food and utensils to an apartment house' basement used as a bomb shelter.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankA militiaman in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
A militiaman in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankA woman of Shakhtarsk cooks food on bonfire outside a shelter in the basement of an apartment house.
A woman of Shakhtarsk cooks food on bonfire outside a shelter in the basement of an apartment house.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankResidents of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
Residents of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankA militiaman in Shakhtarsk after the city was shelled by Ukrainian artillery.
A militiaman in Shakhtarsk after the city was shelled by Ukrainian artillery.
A militiaman in Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankA woman of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
A woman of Shakhtarsk in the basement of an apartment house during an artillery shelling by the Ukrainian army.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankDestroyed materiel of the Ukrainian army in Shakhtarsk.
Destroyed materiel of the Ukrainian army in Shakhtarsk.