Children are taken into the cellar of an orphanage for shelter during intense shelling in Marynivka, Ukraine, on August 19. Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie spent the day with locals, going in and out of bomb shelters as missiles were launched on the city.
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Children are taken into the cellar of an orphanage for shelter during intense shelling in Marynivka, Ukraine, on August 19. Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie spent the day with locals, going in and out of bomb shelters as missiles were launched on the city.
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Locals of the community take refuge inside a cellar.
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Locals of the community take refuge inside a cellar.
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Many Donetsk residents have sought shelter underground. Many in Soviet or WWII era cellars.
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Many Donetsk residents have sought shelter underground. Many in Soviet or WWII era cellars.
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Some locals ventured outside a shelter during a nearby Grad rocket attack.
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Some locals ventured outside a shelter during a nearby Grad rocket attack.
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Warning: Graphic images (multiple)
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A shell killed two shop keepers outside their store.
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A shell killed two shop keepers outside their store.
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A woman reacts after finding out her relative was killed.
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A woman reacts after finding out her relative was killed.
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Locals venture outside the shelter during a lull in the fighting.
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Locals venture outside the shelter during a lull in the fighting.
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"You see some families that have remained there -- mostly elders and a lot of people that don't really have any money, they have to stay. You also get people who stay because they don't want to leave their homes," Alpeyrie told CNN.
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"You see some families that have remained there -- mostly elders and a lot of people that don't really have any money, they have to stay. You also get people who stay because they don't want to leave their homes," Alpeyrie told CNN.
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"It's always hard when we see people getting killed where you are, that's tough, because they're just regular people and they're not really involved in the war," he says.
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"It's always hard when we see people getting killed where you are, that's tough, because they're just regular people and they're not really involved in the war," he says.
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Residents walk past a victim of the rocket attacks. "People do get killed. If you're walking down the street it's like a lottery, you just don't know," Alpeyrie says.
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Residents walk past a victim of the rocket attacks. "People do get killed. If you're walking down the street it's like a lottery, you just don't know," Alpeyrie says.
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