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

This selection features not only major events but also mundane moments that, through the lens, become symbols of the time. These are photographs that capture pain, dignity, exhaustion, strength, and hope. Shots that help us see and remember. Together, we are creating a visual archive of history unfolding right now.

Soldiers of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo, serving under the “18-24” contract, undergo training at a military firing range. Ukraine, Summer 2025.
Photo by Oleh Petrasiuk

A Ukrainian rescue worker performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a wounded woman after Russia’s massive night attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2025. Russia launched almost 600 Shahed suicide drones, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, resulting in the deaths of at least 25 people, including four children, and injuring over 60.
Photo by Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov

A medical team from the 4th Separate Medical Battalion receives a seriously wounded soldier at a stabilization point after evacuation from the frontline. Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, July 27, 2025.
Photo by Liza Bukreyeva


CQB training of the Third Separate Assault Brigade. Ukraine, July 2025.
Photo by Oleh Palchyk

A surgeon from the 4th Separate Medical Battalion, call sign “Korsar,” sutures an artery damaged by shrapnel. Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, July 27, 2025.
Photo by Liza Bukreyeva

Local residents walk past a residential building destroyed by a Russian guided aerial bomb strike the day before, Kramatorsk, Ukraine, August 13, 2025.
Photo by Oleksii Filippov

20-year-old Angelina at an SQB training session for civilians in Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 2025.
Photo by Heorhiy Ivanchenko

Captured Russian soldiers eat lunch at a prisoner-of-war camp, Ukraine, August 1, 2025.
Photo by Taras Fedorenko

12-year-old Bohdan watches as rescuers clear the rubble of a five-story building hit by a Russian missile. His friend lived there. A psychologist from the State Emergency Service is standing nearby. The Russian attack killed 25 people, including four children, and injured dozens. Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2025.
Photo by Danylo Pavlov

Farewell ceremony for artist and soldier Davyd Chichkan on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 18, 2025.
Photo by Ihor Yefimov

The selection team:
Heorhiy Ivanchenko
Olga Kovalova
Irynka Hromotska