Vuhledar in Ukraine's Donetsk region was captured in October 2024 and only ruins remained of the town. The battle for Vuhledar lasted two years. This photo shows destroyed residential buildings in Vuhledar in September 2023.
Moscow captured an area four times the size of Kyiv in 2024. RFE/RL photojournalist Serhiy Nuzhnenko took these images just before Russian troops moved in.
