Photographer uses toys to tell stories of children living in war zones

Brian McCarty is capturing war through children's eyes.

Processing Russia's war on Ukraine has been a challenge for all children, especially those who were forced to flee their homes, say goodbye to family members and watch their entire lives change overnight.

To help these children traumatized by living in war zones and bring attention to their plight, artist Brian McCarty is capturing war through their eyes. His project, War Toys, asks children living within violence to draw the destruction they've witnessed.

"We want to do everything we can while the fighting is going on, recognizing it's not until the fighting stops that real recovery happens," McCarty said in an interview with ABC News Live Friday. "So, for now we're just getting in any way we can, giving support any way we can."

McCarty partners with organizations working in the war zone to recreate the children's drawings in real life, using toys found in the local area, and staging them to represent the artwork drawn by young people.