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Local residents pack boxes of products from their shop at a local market as they flee the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, a...

Ukrainian military servicemen look on towards the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Com...

A local resident pushes a bicycle past a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25,...

Local residents pack boxes of products from their shop at a local market as they flee the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, a...

This photograph shows a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the R...

A local resident walks past a burning building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian i...

A local resident walks past to a damaged church and a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region...

A Ukrainian military serviceman sits in a car outside the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukra...

A pigeon flies past a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Rus...

This photograph shows a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the R...

Ukrainian military servicemen gather outside the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Comp...

A local resident walks past a burning building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian i...

This photograph shows smoke rising from the ruins of a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk regio...

A local resident pushes a bicycle past a destroyed residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25,...

Local resident Svitlana carries bags of belongings as she leaves her apartment to be evacuated by volunteers from the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk...

Local resident Olga, takes cover in her residential building during a Russian air attack on the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2...

A local resident walks past a burning building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 25, 2024, amid the Russian i...

A local resident holds a box carrying her parrot during an evacuation of civilians by volunteers from the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on...

People drive a car loaded with items of luggage on a road from the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 24, 2024, amid the Russian invasio...

A Ukrainian military armoured vehicle is driven towing a Msta-B howitzer on a road towards the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 24, 20...

People drive a car loaded with items of luggage on a road from the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 24, 2024, amid the Russian invasio...

This photograph taken on June 22, 2024, shows a frame depicting a religious icon placed in an apartment of a destroyed residential building following...

Oleksandr, 67-year-old local resident, smokes a cigarette in his kitchen that he uses as a shoe workshop, during electricity blackouts in the town of...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechan...

This photograph taken on June 22, 2024, shows heavily damaged residential buidling following shelling and smoke rising in the background, in the town...

An elderly woman and man stand at the entrance of a church which windows are covered with plywood boards, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk regi...

This photograph taken on June 22, 2024, shows a pile of "dragon’s teeth" fortifications and smoke rising in the background following shelling over the...

Oleksandr, 67-year-old local resident, shows the basement which he and his wife Galyna use to take shelter during intense shelling, in the town of Tor...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechan...

This photograph taken on June 22, 2024, shows a pile of "dragon’s teeth" fortifications and smoke rising in the background following shelling over the...

Oleksandr, 67-year-old local resident, repairs shoes for people in his kitchen that he uses as a shoe workshop, during electricity blackouts in the to...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechan...

A Ukrainian serviceman who suffered a concussion, (L) hugs a wounded fellow serviceman, after both of them were brought back from positions and treate...

An elderly woman sits in a car loaded with items of luggage after she and her relatives fled from Toretsk by car, in the town of Kostyantynivka, easte...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechan...

Residents sit outside an apartment building in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Co...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who suffered concussion and was brought back from positions sits at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechanized Briga...

An elderly woman visits a church, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Compared to...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who suffered a concussion and was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilizatio...

A Ukrainian wounded serviceman who was brought back from positions is treated by Ukrainian military medics at a stabilization point of the 41st Mechan...

This photograph taken on June 20, 2024, shows "dragon's teeth" fortifications installed by the Ukrainian army next to a road that leads to the town of...

This photograph taken on June 20, 2024, shows a destroyed armoured vehicle on the side of a road that leads to the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk re...

This photograph shows a "Monument to the miners" in front of a damaged residential building following shelling in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk...

Oleksandr, 67-year-old local resident, pushes a trolley loaded with bottles of water, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 17, 2024...

An elderly woman walks past a destroyed residential building following shelling as she heads to fill empty bottles with water, in the town of Toretsk...

Local resident Oleksandr, 67, (L) poses for a photograph flanked by his wife Galyna, 63, in their apartment, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk r...

A woman walks past a mural depicting a miner, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 17, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine....

An elderly woman walks past a destroyed residential building following shelling, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 17, 2024, ami...

People travel on a minibus past a damaged residential building following shelling, in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on June 17, 2024, a...

A man rides his bicycle past a graffiti on a wall reading "Russia brings only death and grief", in the town of Toretsk, eastern Donetsk region, on Jun...