Photos: A Deadly Surge Of Violence Strikes Eastern Ukraine

Everything got destroyed as a surge of violence hits Eastern Ukraine 

The fight was said to be the worst fighting in Ukraine since 2014 and early 2015. The town has been bombarded ­relentlessly every night this week in the latest flare-up of hostilities between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces.

Both sides are said to be making use of heavy weapons such as the multiple-launch Grad missile system, and they are doing so in plain sight of OSCE observers. Grads, along with 152mm and 122mm ­artillery, were banned under the Minsk II agreement, which was signed two years ago after the catastrophic battle of Debaltseve.

Ukrainian servicemen give free food to Avdiivka residents at a humanitarian aid center Friday.

While the fighting has been largely kept to the outskirts of Avdiivka during the day, the nighttime has been worse for residents. Shells have landed indiscriminately throughout the town, and civilian casualties are racking up. Some residents are reported to be without power or heat lost during the fighting, and most are relying on humanitarian aid boxes for food, bedding, candles and other supplies.

A woman enters a tent to charge her phone at a humanitarian aid center in Avdiivka.

Residents charge their phones at the aid center.

A 25-year-old rescue worker was said to be killed in the blast when ­shrapnel riddled the ambulance he was sitting in. Hours later, blood and matter were still visible in the front seat of the vehicle.

Authorities reported that a woman was also killed overnight Thursday, and the Ukrainian military said that three of its soldiers were killed, as well.

Photo Credit  Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press