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 become symbols of time through the lens. 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.

Soldier Ruslan carries wounded reporter Heorhii Ivanchenko on a stretcher near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 3, 2025. Heorhii and French reporter Antony Lallican were struck by a Russian FPV drone. Lallican died, and Ivanchenko's leg was amputated.
Photo by Georhii Ivanchenko
Soldiers of the 36th Marine Infantry Brigade walk past a vehicle that was supposed to rotate them out and evacuate them from their positions but was hit by a Russian FPV drone in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 16, 2025.
Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov

Dolphins in the Black Sea waters near Snake Island, Ukraine, in October 2025. The color effect is an artistic technique achieved by using redscale film.
Photo by Iryna Lupu

The 152nd separate Jaeger Brigade prepares for a cannon shot near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 16, 2025.
Photo by Margarita Fal for Frontliner
Anti-tank hedgehogs near the Tuzly Lagoons National Park in Odesa region, Ukraine, on July 3, 2025. This is the only unoccupied national park in southern Ukraine.
Photo by Valentyna Polishchuk

The anti-aircraft missile battalion of the 24th Mechanized Brigade installs an anti-drone net along the road in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in October 2025. Simultaneously, soldiers have to fight off attacks by Russian FPV drones using automatic rifles.
Photo by Oleh Petrasiuk

People at a street market against the backdrop of a fire helicopter and smoke resulting from a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov

Nine-year-old Solomiia sleeps on a bus with a Ukrainian flag, which she hung on the window, visible on June 20, 2025. She is traveling to Kyiv, where she will finally see her mother Marichka, with whom she has been separated for over 3 years because Solomiia was living under Russian occupation with her grandmother. The day before, Solomiia and her grandmother crossed the border into Ukraine, where she was given this flag. Solomiia and her grandmother had been traveling for about a week. When they crossed the border, Solomiia asked, "Bunya (that’s what she calls her grandmother), can I speak Ukrainian now?"
Photo by Oksana Parfeniuk for The Washington Post

A family and villagers say goodbye to family members who died as a result of a Russian kamikaze drone attack in the village of Pohreby near Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 24, 2025.
Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi for The Kyiv Independent

Soldiers of the Khartiia Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine launch a Ukrainian-made Leleka reconnaissance drone to detect Russian positions and adjust Ukrainian artillery fire in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 20, 2025.
Photo by Serhii Korovainyi

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