A local resident fills bottles with water in Pokrovsk, the eastern Donetsk region, on December 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The sound of heavy fighting could be heard on December 11, 2024 around Ukraine's frontline city of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region, as the Ukrainian army has been trying to hold off the Russian offensive. Moscow has been advancing in the east of Ukraine for months, pressing its advantage against overstretched and outgunned Ukrainian soldiers. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)