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

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

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A serviceman of the Khartia Brigade crouches inside a gas pipeline during the Ukrainian underground offensive Operation Veles, conducted under the command of the Khartia Corps. Kupiansk District, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, October 6, 2026.
Photo by Denys Vorontsov

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An overview of blackout-darkened buildings and streets in Kyiv before dawn following a overnight power outage caused by a Russian strike on energy infrastructure the previous day. The attack came amid a renewed Russian campaign aimed at knocking out Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure ahead of winter. Kyiv, Ukraine, October 9, 2026.
Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov / Libkos / Getty Images

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The aftermath of a Russian airstrike on a five-story residential building in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, October 10, 2026.
Photo by Kateryna Klochko

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A serviceman of the 70th Separate Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine holds a roll of anti-drone netting while installing it on Kharkiv Highway in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 1, 2026.
Photo by Mykyta Kuznetsov / Suspilne Kharkiv

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A woman walks across the damaged Pivdennyi (South) Bridge following a massive Russian missile attack. With the bridge damaged and public transit suspended, commuters cross the Dnipro River on foot or by bicycle. Kyiv, Ukraine, October 27, 2026.
Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi / The Kyiv Independent

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The hand of a Kyiv resident reaches out from a burning apartment building following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, late in the evening of October 13, 2026.
Photo by Serhii Korovainyi / The Kyiv Independent

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A woman and child watch a fire consume a residential building on Lisovyi Avenue in Kyiv, triggered by falling debris from a Russian missile. On the night of October 13–14, 2026, 21 people were reported injured; emergency crews rescued 16 residents, including one child. Kyiv, Ukraine, October 13, 2026.
Photo by Yevhenii Hodlevskyi

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A drone operates during a combat mission conducted by Middle Strike UAV crews of the Security Service of Ukraine's Special Operations Center "A". Ukraine, October 2026.

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A family embraces during a reunion of evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast, who returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory as part of a humanitarian operation. Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, October 31, 2026.
Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko / Radio Free Liberty

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People walk past the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People (formerly the People's Friendship Arch until May 14, 2022) during heavy fog in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2026.
Photo by Serhei Supinsky / AFP

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Curated by:
George Ivanchenko
Olga Kovalova
Irynka Hromotska

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