Refugees from embattled Shakhtarsk say the situation is tense in the town. "The house was bombed, and we ran out of it as we were," they say. "Combat operations are on in Donetsk as well, but it couldn't compare to what Shakhtarsk and Slavyansk residents had to go through," the refugees state.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA Ukrainian soldier carrying a white flag during the handover of the killed in a neutral zone nearby Dibrovo village by the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Donetsk Region.
A Ukrainian soldier carrying a white flag during the handover of the killed in a neutral zone nearby Dibrovo village by the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Donetsk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankSelf-defense soldiers in Hirne village nearby Shakhtarsk.
Self-defense soldiers in Hirne village nearby Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankCommander of a self-defense unit is talking to a Ukrainian soldier in the neutral zone outside Dibrovo village by the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Donetsk Region.
Commander of a self-defense unit is talking to a Ukrainian soldier in the neutral zone outside Dibrovo village by the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Donetsk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA self-defense soldier by the burned Ukrainian anti-aircraft gun ZU-232
in the driveway to Shakhtarsk.
in the driveway to Shakhtarsk.
A self-defense soldier by the burned Ukrainian anti-aircraft gun ZU-232
in the driveway to Shakhtarsk.
in the driveway to Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA self-defense soldier during a combat between the Ukrainian army and self-defense units in Shakhtarsk.
A self-defense soldier during a combat between the Ukrainian army and self-defense units in Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankSelf-defense soldiers during a combat between the Ukrainian army and self-defense units in Shakhtarsk.
Self-defense soldiers during a combat between the Ukrainian army and self-defense units in Shakhtarsk.
© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankBlock of flats damaged in the shelling of Horlivka town by the Ukrainian army.
Block of flats damaged in the shelling of Horlivka town by the Ukrainian army.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankHorlivka residents are hiding from a shelling by the Ukrainian army in a bombshelter, set up by self-defense units for civilians.
Horlivka residents are hiding from a shelling by the Ukrainian army in a bombshelter, set up by self-defense units for civilians.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankHorlivka residents by the entrance to a bombshelter, set up by self-defense units for civilians.
Horlivka residents by the entrance to a bombshelter, set up by self-defense units for civilians.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankHorlivka residents are hiding from a shelling by the Ukrainian army in a bombshelter, set up by the self-defense for civilians.
Horlivka residents are hiding from a shelling by the Ukrainian army in a bombshelter, set up by the self-defense for civilians.