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

This selection includes not only major events but also everyday moments that through the lens become symbols of time. 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.

Kharkiv direction, August 28, 2025.
Our "interceptors" are the real stars of this summer.
Photo by Serhii Skrynnikov

The Ukrainian government building burns in the center of Kyiv after a Russian cruise missile strike on the morning of September 7, 2025.
Photo by Serhii Korovainyi

Curator and artist with Down syndrome Anna Sapon poses for a portrait in the Ateliernormal workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine, in September 2025.
Photo by Olha Koval

Servicemen of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade operate a 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on September 18, 2025.
Photo by Serhii Korovainyi

Breslov Hasidim pray near the grave of Tsadik Nachman of Breslov during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Ukraine, on September 22, 2025.
Photo by Oleksandr Mahula

A man swims in the Dnipro River against the backdrop of smoke caused by the Russian shelling of the capital. Kyiv, Ukraine, September 7, 2025.
Photo by Nazar Furyk

The selection process for SSO Q-course candidates included moral resilience tests: blindfolded and hands tied, restricted movement, over five hours in a dark basement under the screams of children, women, and the wounded in Ukraine. June 2025.
In the photo, it may seem "easy," but the true weight is only felt there.
Photo by Mykyta Shandyba

A field of sunflowers near a dirt road between Kherson and Mykolaiv during a fire in Ukraine, August 20, 2025.
Photo by Margarita Fal

An SES worker during the cleanup of the consequences of the Russian shelling of Kyiv, September 7, 2025.
Photo by Danylo Pavlov

Yevhen served in the 423rd Separate Battalion of Special Operations Support "Scythian Griffins"; he died on September 8 while performing a combat mission near Novoivanivka, Zaporizhzhia region.
Photo by Liza Bukrieieva

The selection was prepared by:
Georhii Ivanchenko
Olga Kovalova
Irynka Hromotska