Six months of war leaves trail of destruction across Ukraine

A view shows a residential building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 14. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

A local resident Mykola, 70, climbs down with a stepladder from a bridge destroyed during Russia's invasion in the village of Kukhari in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 19.  REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

A view shows residential buildings destroyed in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 29. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 5. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A view shows the roof of a shopping mall damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A view shows buildings damaged in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 3. REUTERS/Stringer

Destroyed houses are pictured in Vilhivka village, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 11. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

A woman walks with a bicycle next to a building damaged in the separatist-controlled town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 15. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Buildings destroyed by military strikes are seen in northern Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas of Kharkiv, July 17. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Firefighters work at the site of a bombing at a shopping center in Kyiv, March 21. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, March 3. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

A destroyed residential area is seen after Russian shelling, in Irpin, Ukraine, May 7. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Press officer Olexii Mischenko shows a destroyed city administration building in Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region Ukraine June 9. REUTERS/Edgar Su

An aerial view shows residential buildings that were damaged in the southern port city of Mariupol, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

A view shows a building of a civil infrastructure damaged by a Russian missile strike in Vinnytsia, Ukraine July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Stringer

A view shows residential buildings destroyed in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 29. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen at a former fighting position of the Ukrainian armed forces outside the town of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region, May 25. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

Local residents sit on a bench near an apartment building destroyed in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 25. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Emergency management specialists remove debris of a residential building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, May 11. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

A local resident walks among remains of residential buildings destroyed by a Russian missile strike in the settlement of Zatoka, Odesa region, Ukraine July 26, 2022.  REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko

A view shows an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk region, Ukraine July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A couple hugs while walking past a building that was heavily damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 10. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

A damaged tram is pictured at a shelled tram depot in Kharkiv, June 15. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva

An aerial view shows a building of the House of Officers heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Vinnytsia, Ukraine July 15, 2022.  REUTERS/Stringer

An abandoned building damaged in a missile strike is seen in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 26. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A burned bedroom is seen at the shelled Severnaya Saltyvka residential area in Kharkiv, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A man rides a bicycle near a residential building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A man stands inside his apartment after a residential district was damaged by shelling in Kyiv, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A woman stands near a residential building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

An aerial view shows destroyed houses in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 6. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A view shows a residential area damaged by heavy shelling in the town of Irpin, in Kyiv region, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Mykhalchuk

A view shows the destroyed facilities of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, May 22. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

Houses are seen at a flooded area after Ukrainian military forces opened a dam to flood a residencial area in order to stop the advance of Russian forces from the capital city of Kyiv, in Demydiv, Ukraine, May, 15. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Destroyed houses are seen in Borodyanka, in Kyiv region, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A man walks downstairs outside a residential building damaged in the southern port city of Mariupol, April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A destroyed residential area is seen after Russian shelling in Irpin, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

People walk past a residential building heavily damaged in the southern port city of Mariupol, May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A local man rides a bicycle past a house damaged by heavy shelling and airstrikes in Chernihiv, April 6, 2022.  REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

Resident Nataliia Prykhodko looks out from her burnt-out apartment in Irpin after coming back to Ukraine which she and her 17-year-old daughter left as refugees in February, outside Kyiv, as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continues, June 9, 2022....more

A view shows a torn flag of Ukraine hung on a wire in front an apartment building destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 14. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko