A view from inside a vehicle in which two government soldiers were shot dead while attacking a rebel stronghold in a residential area near Donetsk International Airport in east Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

The site of a recent shootout between government forces and rebels near Donetsk International Airport, east Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A man stands behind a makeshift barricade built by rebels in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

The Ukrainian passport of a victim of the deadly bombings in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Ukrainian government forces launched multiple artillery attacks in Oktyabrsky district, some 600 meters away from Donetsk International Airport. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A man displays a piece of shrapnel collected from a bombed area in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Two people walk through a neighborhood devastated by heavy fighting in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A shell that failed to detonate on the road to the Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A woman stands beside her house devastated during crossfire between government forces and rebels in Oktyabrsky district, about 600 meters away from Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A local resident walks by a shell crater in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A woman stands in front of a house destroyed during crossfire between Ukrainian troops and rebel forces in Oktyabrsky district, Donetsk, east Ukraine, on Monday on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A man repairs a fence that was damaged by crossfire in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A cat lies dead in a shell crater in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

A pigeon scavenges for food at a destroyed grocery store in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Shrapnel pieces from a bombing in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Firefighters extinguish the remains of a house in Donetsk, Ukraine on July 28. Several homes were destroyed in the strike. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT

 

Photo: Cui Meng/GT