“Dark tunnels in the basement of a bombed-out hospital in the eastern city of Donetsk lead to a makeshift shelter. Opening the door hardly alleviates the gloom, for the only lighting inside is the flicker of handmade oil lamps. The inhabitants move around like shadows, eyes dull and faces weary with hardship, dressed in several layers of worn-out sweatshirts, vests and jackets. The tiny rooms are lit with sunflower oil poured into saucers and set aflame. These people took refuge in the abandoned hospital's basement after their own homes were destroyed. They are either too poor or old to flee the brutal separatist war that has ravaged Ukraine's east. Their dire situation is about to become much worse as Donetsk, which has lost nearly half of its 1 million-strong population, braces for winter. In eastern Ukraine, where temperatures typically stay below freezing all winter, damage to critical infrastructure and lack of adequate shelter for the newly homeless could mean death from cold for many”. – Nataliya Vasilyeva via The Associated Press

In this photo taken on Monday, October 27, 2014, Vladimir Tumanov, whose home was destroyed in late August, hides from shelling with his dogs in the basement under a hospital not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Donetsk, which has lost about 400,000 of its 1 million pre-war population, is bracing to a winter ahead. In a climate like eastern Ukraine's, where temperatures typically stay below zero all winter, the damage to the critical infrastructure and lack of effort to provide adequate shelter to people whose homes were destroyed could literally mean a death from the cold. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Monday, October 27, 2014, a cactus stands at a broken window in a damaged house after shelling not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Vera Dvornikova, a 70-year-old, whose home was destroyed in late July, hides from shelling in the basement under a hospital not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Monday, October 27, 2014, a toy hangs on a fridge in a damaged house after shelling not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Monday, October 27, 2014, a woman carries a chair as she moves her belonging from her damaged house after shelling not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, pro-Russian rebels load boxes with canned beef in a warehouse in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, a man roams in a bombed out street market near the train station in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, an elderly woman walks past a bombed out street market near the train station in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, people walk past a bombed out street market near the train station in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, a man buys cigarets at a bombed out street market near the train station in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, Lyubov Stasovskaya, 86 wipes tears in the backyard of her house in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 5-year-old Maxim stands in a room of his damaged house in the Petrovsky district in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)

In this aerial photo taken on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, people stand near their damaged house with collapsed roof after shelling in the Petrovsky district in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)