In Photos: Russia Sets Eyes on Ukraine's Railway Hub Kupiansk

Some of the 16,000 people who are still in Kupiansk wait for a mini-bus on a freezing afternoon, Feb. 16, 2023.

Smoke rises after the east side of Kupiansk was hit by grad rockets fired by Russian troops, just 20 km away, Feb. 16, 2023.

Larissa Polyakova and her father, Ivan Zaika, have lived in a basement for three months since the Russian attacks against Kupiansk intensified, Feb. 17, 2023.

Armed soldiers protect the mayor and city hall employees in Kupiansk, Feb. 16, 2023.

A man and a young girl walk by one of the many bridges destroyed in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.

An elderly woman rests in a humanitarian center before heading back home on a cold morning in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.

A woman by the name of Nina cries while looking for a group of volunteers that could evacuate her from Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.

In this humanitarian kitchen, volunteers serve some 6,000 meals every day for those who can’t leave Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.

An elderly woman receives food in a humanitarian kitchen in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023. For many here, the kitchen is the only source of food.

One of the many destroyed houses in downtown Kupiansk. The strategic railway hub is being bombed by Russian troops daily, Feb. 16, 2023.

An old Soviet Lada passes by one of the many bridges that were destroyed in Kupiansk in the last months, Feb. 17, 2023.

A fisherman ignores the sound of the explosions from what seems artillery fire and instead tries to catch a fish at this frozen river in Kupiansk, Feb. 17, 2023.