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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A Ukrainian soldier fires a RPG in a training camp just outside of Siversk, one of the many towns in the Donbas region badly affected by the war, April 4, 2023.
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A woman passes by a destroyed car in one of the many streets that have been hit by Russian artillery in Siversk, April 4, 2023.
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An armored personal carrier was parked just a few meters from the graves of two people who were killed last summer, April 4, 2023.
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Two graves lay on an open field just on the edge of the town of Siversk, a few kilometers away from Russian positions, April 4, 2023.