Over the past week, Russian forces launched brutal strikes on Kramatorsk, Pryluky, Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk, Oleksandriia, and Kharkiv. Residential buildings were destroyed, leaving dozens of civilians dead under the rubble. In Zaporizhzhia and Pryluky alone, nine children lost their lives. Public transport was suspended in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk due to the security situation. Russian troops also shelled Mykolaiv and Odesa. A jet-powered UAV was shot down over Lviv, while drone debris killed a person in Ivano-Frankivsk. In several districts of Kyiv, "Points of Invincibility" began opening following strikes on energy infrastructure. Among other targets struck this week were hospitals, a bridge, and foreign vessels in the Black Sea.

The international photography competition Leica Camera Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2026 has announced its winners. The main prize of this prestigious award was granted to Russian photographer Damir Fayzulin for his project "Preserving Nature, We Preserve Ourselves," dedicated to the mountains of Dagestan and the North Caucasus. This decision once again demonstrated that key international institutions continue to ignore the context of the full-scale war launched by Russia against Ukraine. Just on the eve of the award ceremony, another Russian FPV drone strike claimed the lives of 33 bus passengers in Kramatorsk, and a day earlier, the Russian army killed five children in Pryluky. Against the backdrop of daily war crimes documented by Ukrainian photojournalists, the jury awards its top prize to a project that romanticizes a region of the aggressor state.

Hostile drones, missiles, and aerial bombs attacked Ukrainian cities daily. The week from September 27 to October 4, 2026, will be remembered for cynical strikes on the historic center and bridges in the capital. Among the targets hit in Kyiv were a building of the National Academy of Sciences, a medical center, and a school, while strikes on the Pivdennyi and Pivnichnyi bridges led to complete and partial traffic closures. Russians hit the private sector of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs (KABs), struck a school and the vicinity of a specialized orphanage in Sumy, and targeted business centers in Dnipro and Odesa with drones.

The educational process at the UAPP School of Photography and Visual Culture is officially underway: the first group of 15 students has started the basic three-month course "Photography as a Medium." The course consists of five modules working in synergy, covering art history, technical solutions, composition, ethics, and reading contemporary art.