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Daytime mass attacks, deadly strikes, and new safety measures on the railway: what the beginning of April will be remembered for in Ukraine
Russia is increasingly choosing daytime hours for its massive strikes, expanding the zone of destruction across Ukraine. The beginning of April will be remembered for devastating attacks on Lutsk, Poltava, and Zhytomyr region; Kharkiv endured several consecutive days under fire, and there were strikes on Odesa, Sumy, and Chernihiv. Over the weekend, the Russian army carried out a deadly attack on a market in Nikopol, and the day before, drones and missiles targeted Kyiv region. Every day, Donetsk and Sumy regions face bombings and drone raids. Drones and artillery continue to hit Kherson, while the enemy scatters antipersonnel mines throughout the city. Among the targets of Russian attacks this week were: a veterinary clinic with animals inside, food warehouses, a Nova Poshta terminal, and the only maternity hospital in Donetsk region. Due to constant aerial threats, railway routes experienced delays and passenger evacuations from trains.
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Daytime mass attacks, deadly strikes, and new safety measures on the railway: what the beginning of April will be remembered for in Ukraine
Russia is increasingly choosing daytime hours for its massive strikes, expanding the zone of destruction across Ukraine. The beginning of April will be remembered for devastating attacks on Lutsk, Poltava, and Zhytomyr region; Kharkiv endured several consecutive days under fire, and there were strikes on Odesa, Sumy, and Chernihiv. Over the weekend, the Russian army carried out a deadly attack on a market in Nikopol, and the day before, drones and missiles targeted Kyiv region. Every day, Donetsk and Sumy regions face bombings and drone raids. Drones and artillery continue to hit Kherson, while the enemy scatters antipersonnel mines throughout the city. Among the targets of Russian attacks this week were: a veterinary clinic with animals inside, food warehouses, a Nova Poshta terminal, and the only maternity hospital in Donetsk region. Due to constant aerial threats, railway routes experienced delays and passenger evacuations from trains.
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When the photograph doesn’t lie: how context, staging, editing, and AI reshape the truth about war
For International Fact‑Checking Day — on why manipulation in photography begins not only with the choice of frame, but also with the substitution of its meaning.
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Strike on UNESCO cultural heritage in Lviv, and the shelling of Dnipro and Odesa: intensified Russian air attacks on Ukraine
The last week of March will be remembered for unprecedented drone attacks that swept across almost every region of Ukraine, both day and night. On 24 March, Russian forces carried out the most massive UAV strike on Ukraine to date, launching nearly 1,000 drones in a single day. They targeted the centers of Ukrainian cities, cultural landmarks, maternity hospitals, and people’s homes. The historic center of Lviv was among the sites damaged. One of the most tragic episodes occurred near a maternity hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk, where a father and his daughter were killed while visiting his wife, who had just given birth. It was also a devastating week for Dnipro and Odesa — Russian drones struck residential buildings and a medical facility. Over the course of the week, three maternity hospitals became targets of Russian attacks, and at least four kindergartens were damaged.
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Destroyed infrastructure, civilians kept in fear: a week of Russian drone attacks
Russia has sharply intensified drone attacks in border and frontline regions. Throughout the week, air‑defense forces worked to intercept enemy UAVs over the capital. Drones also reached the western and central regions of the country. The enemy targeted railway, energy, and port infrastructure, industrial facilities, residential buildings, and civilian transport. Toward the end of the workweek, drones launched a massive attack on Odesa. Over the weekend, enemy strikes completely cut off power to Chernihiv and most of the region. The aftermath of the devastating drone attack on Odesa is captured in photo reports by documentarians Oleksandr Himanov and Tymofii Melnykov.
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This week, Russia continued its missile and drone terror against Ukrainian cities. Hundreds of Shahed-type UAVs and dozens of tactical missiles were launched every day — from the well-known Iskander missiles to the latest Grom-1 models.
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This week, Russia continued its missile and drone terror against Ukrainian cities. Hundreds of Shahed-type UAVs and dozens of tactical missiles were launched every day — from the well-known Iskander missiles to the latest Grom-1 models.
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23.5.2024
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Bodies of the dead among burned books. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a printing house in Kharkiv in the photographs of Oleksandr Mahula
On 23 May 2024, Russian forces carried out ten strikes on Kharkiv. Powerful explosions were heard across the city. Today, the enemy targeted a printing house and transport infrastructure. According to preliminary information, the attack was carried out with S‑300 missiles. Impacts were recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts.
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23.5.2024
Bodies of the dead among burned books. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a printing house in Kharkiv in the photographs of Oleksandr Mahula
On 23 May 2024, Russian forces carried out ten strikes on Kharkiv. Powerful explosions were heard across the city. Today, the enemy targeted a printing house and transport infrastructure. According to preliminary information, the attack was carried out with S‑300 missiles. Impacts were recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts.
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22.5.2024
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Ruins and blood after the strike in Kharkiv. Documentary photographs by Georhii Ivanchenko and Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov
Damaged apartment blocks, a shattered tram and trolleybus, burned‑out cars, wounded and frightened people — these are the consequences of the Russian strike on Kharkiv with UMPB D‑30 munitions. The explosion occurred in the city on 22 May 2024. Once again, the enemy hit residential districts — Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi — from the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.
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22.5.2024
Ruins and blood after the strike in Kharkiv. Documentary photographs by Georhii Ivanchenko and Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov
Damaged apartment blocks, a shattered tram and trolleybus, burned‑out cars, wounded and frightened people — these are the consequences of the Russian strike on Kharkiv with UMPB D‑30 munitions. The explosion occurred in the city on 22 May 2024. Once again, the enemy hit residential districts — Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi — from the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.
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20.5.2024
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The tragedy of a destroyed holiday resort on the outskirts of Kharkiv, captured on film by Vladyslav Krasnoshchok
Destroyed pavilions and bodies trapped beneath the rubble — the result of yet another Russian attack on civilians. On the morning of 19 May 2024, Russian forces carried out double strikes with Iskander‑M missiles on a recreational area in the outskirts of Kharkiv. A holiday resort in the village of Cherkaska Lozova, where around fifty people were present, came under fire.
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20.5.2024
The tragedy of a destroyed holiday resort on the outskirts of Kharkiv, captured on film by Vladyslav Krasnoshchok
Destroyed pavilions and bodies trapped beneath the rubble — the result of yet another Russian attack on civilians. On the morning of 19 May 2024, Russian forces carried out double strikes with Iskander‑M missiles on a recreational area in the outskirts of Kharkiv. A holiday resort in the village of Cherkaska Lozova, where around fifty people were present, came under fire.
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19.5.2024
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The forbidden and wounded Kherson region through the lens of photographer Ivan Antypenko
Ivan Antypenko is a Ukrainian journalist, photographer, and videographer who primarily covers the Russian‑Ukrainian war in the South of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russians came to his home in his native city of Kherson. He returned on November 13, but under shelling and surrounded by floodwaters he continues his work. We speak with Ivan Antypenko about his favourite ruined places in Kherson, about occupation and liberation, about flooding and shelling, and about the restrictions and permissions for shooting.
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19.5.2024
The forbidden and wounded Kherson region through the lens of photographer Ivan Antypenko
Ivan Antypenko is a Ukrainian journalist, photographer, and videographer who primarily covers the Russian‑Ukrainian war in the South of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russians came to his home in his native city of Kherson. He returned on November 13, but under shelling and surrounded by floodwaters he continues his work. We speak with Ivan Antypenko about his favourite ruined places in Kherson, about occupation and liberation, about flooding and shelling, and about the restrictions and permissions for shooting.
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18.5.2024
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Life after deportation and before occupation. Crimean Tatars of Gennady Minchenko
On May 18, Ukraine honors the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars. 80 years ago at 3:00am on May 18, 1944, the Soviet authorities began the evacuation of all Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. At that time, about 200,000 people were forcibly taken out in goods wagons. Almost half died on the road or in the first years after deportation.
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18.5.2024
Life after deportation and before occupation. Crimean Tatars of Gennady Minchenko
On May 18, Ukraine honors the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatars. 80 years ago at 3:00am on May 18, 1944, the Soviet authorities began the evacuation of all Crimean Tatars from their native peninsula. At that time, about 200,000 people were forcibly taken out in goods wagons. Almost half died on the road or in the first years after deportation.
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15.5.2024
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Shelling, Evacuation and Threat of Re-Occupation of Volchansk in Documentary Pictures by Georgy Ivanchenko and Yakov Lyashenko
Volchansk is a city in Kharkiv region, located 4 km from the border with the Russian Federation and almost 50 km from Kharkiv itself. For the sixth day in a row, the city does not leave the front pages of the world media. Shelling, fire and destruction. Today, the city is under constant fire from the Russians. For the second time in the entire period of the Russian full-scale invasion, Volchansk may be captured. The invaders are trying to surround Volchansk, approaching it from different sides.
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15.5.2024
Shelling, Evacuation and Threat of Re-Occupation of Volchansk in Documentary Pictures by Georgy Ivanchenko and Yakov Lyashenko
Volchansk is a city in Kharkiv region, located 4 km from the border with the Russian Federation and almost 50 km from Kharkiv itself. For the sixth day in a row, the city does not leave the front pages of the world media. Shelling, fire and destruction. Today, the city is under constant fire from the Russians. For the second time in the entire period of the Russian full-scale invasion, Volchansk may be captured. The invaders are trying to surround Volchansk, approaching it from different sides.

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