Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie returned to Kiev , Ukraine , two weeks ago . Donetsk is controlled by pro - Russian rebels but the Ukrainian Army has gradually encircled it . The center of Donetsk , in peacetime much like any other modern city , is less damaged , though suffering from water shortages and largely shut down , he says , abandoned by an estimated half of Donetsk 's population of around one million . Alpeyrie 's photographs show the life of the residents surviving under siege . The images show them hiding in cellars or clearing rubble from their homes .
Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie returned to Kiev , Ukraine , two weeks ago . Donetsk is controlled by pro - Russian rebels but the Ukrainian Army has gradually encircled it . Alpeyrie 's photographs show the life of the residents surviving under siege . The images show them hiding in cellars or clearing rubble from their homes .