We know the big picture: Russian and Ukraine are fighting for land inside Ukraine. But in the most beleaguered places, areas of conflict going back to 2014, what exactly is there left to fight for? Yan Boechat has this photo gallery from Siversk, Ukraine, where loved ones are buried in gardens and fields because the local cemetery is inside the battle zone.
In Pictures: Siversk, Ukraine Battleground Town
- By Yan Boechat
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One of many craters caused by the constant shelling from Russian artillery against the town of Siversk, located just a few kilometers of the front line in the Donbas region, Eastern Ukraine, April 4, 2023.
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A local resident passes by a grave inside the common area of a complex of residential buildings in Siversk, April 4, 2023.
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A former technical school in Siversk was completely destroyed by Russian bombs that have hit this town since the beginning of the war, April 4, 2023.
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Anti-tank mines are still around some of the half-destroyed buildings of Siversk, an Eastern Ukraine town located just a few kilometers from the front line, on April 4, 2023.