Civilians escape from a fire in a house hit during an air attack, in the village of Luhanskaya, Luhansk.

A refugee family and baby look out through the window of a bus, at a checkpoint on the border between Ukraine and Russia.

A house destroyed during an air attack on the village of Luhanskaya, about 27 kilometers out of Luhansk city.

Citizens help each other in Luhanskaya, Luhansk, after an air attack.

Relatives mourn Vladimir Ermilov and his son Ivan, who were killed in an air strike on Luhanskaya village.

The funeral of Vladimir Tcymbalist, in Chernukhino village, Luhansk.

A woman escapes from a fire during an artillery attack on the Krasnodon highway, in Luhansk.

A youth in Donetsk handles a gun. The conflict in the region gave rise to a patriotic youth movement. A youth club set up by separatist authorities in Donetsk glorifies the Soviet past and aims to develop the newly declared republic.

Local resident Catherine Chernukhina helps distribute humanitarian aid, in the village of Veseloe.

Buildings in the village of Veseloe, near Donetsk airport, burn following shelling.

Raisa Shipulya, one of the last residents of the devastated village of Zhelobok, stands in her house.

A boy lies in bed in a basement in the village of Shahty. People in frontline villages spend nights sheltered underground to avoid shelling.

Sisters stand in a bomb shelter on the outskirts of Donetsk. Since the beginning of the war in the Donbass two years earlier, they had spent most nights in the shelter.

The funeral of Ivan Ermilov (5), who was killed during the shelling of Luhanskaya village in July.

Buildings in Luhansk city burn during an artillery attack.

A villager walks past burnt-out cars in Lozovoe, Luhansk.

A resident of Luhanskaya village, killed during an air attack.

A plane damaged in an artillery attack, in Luhansk.

A member of the Prizrak (Ghost) brigade on the front line near the city of Lisichansk. The brigade is a separatist infantry unit, formed in 2014.

A man waters flowers in the village of Spartak.

A boy waits in the blood transfusion department of a hospital in Horlivka.

A man inspects damage to a building in the Mirny district of the city of Luhansk.

A damaged car in the village of Veseloe.

Ivan Ermilov (5), who was killed during shelling in Luhanskaya, lies in his coffin.

A woman sits outside her house in Luhansk, hit by shelling.

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