‍This April, despite the Easter holidays, the Russian army shelled Ukrainian cities, killing people, while Ukrainian photographers documented this horrific reality daily. The Association of Professional Photographers of Ukraine and Ukraїner present a joint monthly selection.

Cover photo: Kostiantyn Liberov

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Veterans participate in traditional Easter "hayivky" (folk songs and dances) in Shevchenkivskyi Hai in Lviv, April 21, 2025.
Photo by Roman Baluk for Lviv City Council

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Servicemen of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade listen to an Easter prayer in the Donetsk region, April 20, 2025.
Photo by Anatolii Stepanov

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Wounded soldiers sit in the corridor of a field hospital, April 2025, Slobozhanshchyna.
Photo by Yelyzaveta Bukreieva

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People mourn children killed by a Russian missile at a playground in Kryvyi Rih in April 2025.
Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP

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An SES rescuer sits in the middle of a street in Sumy mangled by Russian missiles, April 14, 2025.
Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP

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Rescuers and volunteers clear rubble from a Kyiv apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile, April 24, 2025.
Photo by Anton Shtuka / NPR

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Police officers help a wounded woman escape from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on the night of April 24, 2025.
Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP

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Buildings and a temple destroyed by Russian troops in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, April 9, 2025.
Photo by Oleh Petrasiuk / 24th King Danylo Mechanized Brigade

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Police paramedics provide assistance to a dog named Kosmos, wounded in a Russian FAB bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia, April 22, 2025. At the time of the attack, the dog was in an apartment of a high-rise building with its owner, who was killed.
Photo by Kateryna Klochko

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277 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned to Ukraine after an exchange, April 19, 2025.
Photo by Oleksii Filippov

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The selection was prepared by Sofiia Soliar and Viacheslav Ratynskyi.

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