UAPP in partnership with Kyiv Independent continues its monthly column — a selection of key photographs that most accurately convey the events, mood and challenges of the next month of full-scale war.

In this collection there are not only great events, but also everyday moments, which through the lens become symbols of time. Photographs that capture pain, dignity, exhaustion, strength and hope. Snapshots that help to see and remember. Together, we create a visual archive of the story that unfolds right now.

Smoke rises over Kyiv after a missile strike, Kiev, Ukraine, June 10, 2025. This night, Russia carried out one of the largest attacks on the capital. A series of powerful explosions occurred in the city, destruction and fires were reported in several areas. Four people suffered injuries and were hospitalized. Partially damaged high-rise buildings and private houses, cars, warehouses and office premises caught fire.
Photo by Serhiy Nuzhnenko/Radio Svoboda)

A Ka-32 helicopter extinguishes a fire that broke out after a combined Russian attack on Kiev, Ukraine, on June 25, 2025.
Photo by Yevhenii Zavgorodnyi

Ukrainian servicemen return from Russian captivity on June 12, 2025 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The exchange came after agreements reached during talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.
Photo by Konstantin Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

An injured Ukrainian rescuer holds red carnations during a farewell ceremony in Kiev, Ukraine, June 9, 2025. Relatives, colleagues and friends gathered to honor the memory of Pavel Yezgor, Danil Skadin and Andriy Remenoy, three rescuers killed in a Russian missile strike on June 6. The attack hit residential neighborhoods and a rescue team that was already working at the site of the previous shelling.
Photo by Danylo Pavlova

Medics carry a seriously injured military man recently freed from Russian captivity to an ambulance, while relatives of prisoners of war hold portraits of their loved ones in northern Ukraine, June 12, 2025.
Photo by Vyacheslav Ratynsky

An artilleryman from the special unit “Rifle Battalion” of the Zaporizhzhya police fires a shot from the Partizan jet near Orikhov, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, May 23, 2025.
Photo by Dmytro Smolenko/Ukrinform

Teenagers play volleyball near the war memorial in Shostakivka village, Kramatorsky district, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 16, 2025.
Photo by Ksenia Tomchik

Medics carry a wounded woman on a stretcher after Russia's combined drone and missile attack on Kiev, Ukraine, June 17, 2025. At least 14 people were killed, residential buildings, kindergartens and civilian infrastructure facilities were hit in 27 locations of the capital, in particular in Solomyanske, Svyatoshinsky and Darnytskyi districts.
Photo by Serhiy Korovaynyi

A firefighter stands next to a damaged apartment building after a Russian drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 5, 2025.
Photo by Alexander Magula/AFP

Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Defense Forces during a night training exercise, Ukraine, June 2025.
Photo by Karina Pilugina

The selection was worked on:
Georgy Ivanchenko
Olga Kovalyova
Irinka Gromotska