Photo on the cover: Kostyantin Liberov
This April, despite the Easter holidays, the Russian army shelled Ukrainian cities, killing people, while Ukrainian photographers documented this horrific reality on a daily basis. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers and Ukraїner present a joint monthly selection:
Veterans participate in traditional Easter celebrations in Shevchenko Park in Lviv. April 21, 2025. Photo by Roman Baluk for the Lviv City Council.
Soldiers of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade listen to Easter prayers in Donetsk region. April 20, 2025. Photo by Anatoliy Stepanov.
Wounded soldiers sit in the corridor of a field hospital. April 2025, Slobozhanshchyna. Photo by Elizaveta Bukreeva.
People mourn children killed by a Russian missile at a playground in Kryvyi Rih in April 2025. Photo by Yevgen Maloletka for AP.
A State Emergency Service rescuer stands amid a street destroyed by Russian missiles in Sumy. April 14, 2025. Photo by Roman Pylypii for AFP.
Rescue workers and volunteers clear debris from a Kyiv apartment building destroyed by a Russian missile. April 24, 2025. Photo by Anton Shutka for NPR.
Police officers help an injured woman escape from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on the night of April 24, 2025. Photo by Yevgen Maloletka.
Houses and a church destroyed by Russian troops in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. April 9, 2025. Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk for 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo.
Police paramedics assist a dog named Cosmos, wounded in a Russian FAB attack on Zaporizhzhia. At the time of the attack, the dog was in an apartment in a high-rise building with its owner, who was killed. April 22, 2025. Photo by Kateryna Klochko.
277 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned to Ukraine after an exchange. April 19, 2025. Photo by Oleksii Filippov.
The selection was compiled by Sofia Solyar and Vyacheslav Ratynsky.
