Matviy (L), 10, looks through the window of a bus before his evacuation with his mother and sisters from the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, on September 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces are now only 10 kilometres (six miles) away from the city of Pokrovsk, a now-deserted city, once home to 60,000, that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.
Ukraine has been rushing evacuations during the summer of 2024, but around 16,000 people are still left in the city, some of them are deciding to heed the advice of authorities and evacuate with a heavy heart. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)