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

This collection features not only major events, but also everyday moments that become symbols of the era through the lens. Photographs capturing pain, dignity, exhaustion, strength, and hope. Images that help us see and remember. Together, we are building a visual archive of history unfolding right now.

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Nine-month-old Noah, son of Ukrainian photographers Kostiantyn Liberov and Vlada Liberova, plays near a window as smoke rises outside following a Russian missile and drone attack on September 8, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. According to city authorities, the morning strike caused fires and damage to residential buildings, storage facilities, and infrastructure across several districts of the capital, resulting in casualties and extensive emergency response operations.
Photo by Vlada Liberova / Libkos / Getty Images

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Two men attempt to escape a burning building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine after a Russian drone strike. Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. One person was killed and three others were injured in the attack.
Photo by Kyrylo Chubotin / Ukrinform / Future Publishing via Getty Images

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Funeral service for 21-year-old Ukrainian serviceman Daniil "Surfer" Smirnov at the Lisove Cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 3, 2026. Smirnov joined the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine following the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 and signed a military contract at the age of 18. He was killed in action on August 28, 2026, while performing a combat mission. At the time of his death, Daniil's wife was expecting their son.
Photo by Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov / Libkos / Getty Images

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The damaged "44 Perlyna" residential complex on Valerii Samofalov Street following a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on September 12, 2026. Two people were killed and 26 other residents were injured in the overnight attack. The structure sustained severe damage and remains in critical condition with a risk of further collapse.
Photo by Viacheslav Onyshchenko

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An operator from the Condor Team heavy bomber drone squad of the NOVA unit, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, prepares for a night mission in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, September 2026.
Photo by Nikita Lisovyi

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Ukrainian soldiers render medical aid to a wounded Russian prisoner of war named Ivan, captured by fighters of the Bratstvo Battalion on the Zaporizhzhia front, Ukraine, August 18, 2026.
Photo by Mykyta Shandyba

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The building and grounds of the Dobrobut private medical clinic engulfed in flames after being hit by a Russian jet-powered drone in central Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026.
Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi

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A swan swims in a lake near a destroyed bridge in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, September 22, 2026.
Photo by Oleksandr Mahula / Suspilne News

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Nataliia sits with her 6-year-old daughter Elina near her sister's destroyed apartment building following a Russian ballistic missile strike in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, September 1, 2026. Nataliia's sister, brother-in-law, and child were hospitalized after the attack. Nataliia spent several hours recovering surviving belongings from the ruined apartment.
Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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A woman standing on the Black Sea coast in Odesa, Ukraine, September 2025.
Photo by Karina Piliuhina

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Contributors:
Georhii Ivanchenko
Olga Kovalova
Irynka Hromotska

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