Inside Soledar, the site of heavy battles between Ukraine and Russia – in pictures

A Ukrainian officer sits in a shelter in the eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, the site of recent heavy battles with Russian forces.

A satellite view shows a destroyed school and buildings in south Soledar on 10 January, 2023.

A German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000 disguised by the Ukrainian army of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade.

Commander of the Ukrainian army, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, gives instructions in a shelter in Soledar.

Ukrainian army serviceman Vitalii Krasavchyk, 37, of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade stirs his coffee with a knife, while taking cover in a bunker.

Ukrainian servicemen of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade emerge from a German howitzer Panzerhaubitze 2000.

Ukrainian military fire the German howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 on 11 January 2023.

Ukrainian army serviceman Roman ‘Lynks’, 28, of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade hangs ammunition on a Christmas tree.

Ukrainian servicemen administer first aid to a wounded soldier in a shelter in Soledar.