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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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3.10.2024
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Glide bombs on a sleeping Kharkiv and an overnight evacuation. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a five‑storey building in Saltivka captured in the photographs of Ivan Samoilov.
In the early hours of October 3, 2024, the Russian military struck Kharkiv with five aerial bombs. According to preliminary information, these were UMPB D‑30SN glide bombs. By morning, the number of people injured in the attack had risen to 12, including a child, as reported by Oleg Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
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3.10.2024
Glide bombs on a sleeping Kharkiv and an overnight evacuation. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a five‑storey building in Saltivka captured in the photographs of Ivan Samoilov.
In the early hours of October 3, 2024, the Russian military struck Kharkiv with five aerial bombs. According to preliminary information, these were UMPB D‑30SN glide bombs. By morning, the number of people injured in the attack had risen to 12, including a child, as reported by Oleg Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
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30.9.2024
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The events of August 31. Explosions near the Verkhovna Rada in photos by Vyacheslav Ratinsky
On August 31, 2015, police and activists clashed near the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv against the adoption of amendments to the Constitution on decentralization of power. More than a hundred people were injured, four National Guard soldiers were killed.
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30.9.2024
The events of August 31. Explosions near the Verkhovna Rada in photos by Vyacheslav Ratinsky
On August 31, 2015, police and activists clashed near the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv against the adoption of amendments to the Constitution on decentralization of power. More than a hundred people were injured, four National Guard soldiers were killed.
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24.9.2024
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“From the eighth to the third floor, the building collapsed.” The aftermath of Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv in the photographs of Heorhii Ivanchenko and Yevhen Hertner.
In the afternoon of 24 September 2024, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The targets that day included a residential building, a bread factory, and a stadium.
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24.9.2024
“From the eighth to the third floor, the building collapsed.” The aftermath of Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv in the photographs of Heorhii Ivanchenko and Yevhen Hertner.
In the afternoon of 24 September 2024, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The targets that day included a residential building, a bread factory, and a stadium.
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23.9.2024
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“I was appointed press officer, even though I didn't want to.” Yevgen Borisovsky on photography at the front, censorship, and the work of a press officer
Yevhen Borisovsky, a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, combines two hypostases: soldier and photographer. Appointed to the post of chief of the communications department of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade, he never planned to choose a career as a soldier or a photographer, however, life and war ordered differently.
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23.9.2024
“I was appointed press officer, even though I didn't want to.” Yevgen Borisovsky on photography at the front, censorship, and the work of a press officer
Yevhen Borisovsky, a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, combines two hypostases: soldier and photographer. Appointed to the post of chief of the communications department of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade, he never planned to choose a career as a soldier or a photographer, however, life and war ordered differently.
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21.9.2024
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“Other Days of Life": a series of photographs by Alexander Rupeta about people who refuse to be conquered
Ukrainian documentary photographer Oleksandr Rupeta with his series of photos “Other Days of Life” won the Xposure Photography Award 2024 as the best independent freelance photojournalist. For more than a year, he filmed life in different parts of Ukraine to show the war from a different, personal, perspective.
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21.9.2024
“Other Days of Life": a series of photographs by Alexander Rupeta about people who refuse to be conquered
Ukrainian documentary photographer Oleksandr Rupeta with his series of photos “Other Days of Life” won the Xposure Photography Award 2024 as the best independent freelance photojournalist. For more than a year, he filmed life in different parts of Ukraine to show the war from a different, personal, perspective.
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21.9.2024
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Photo with history: Then dogs conquer the town, and each subsequent one looks at it as if it were water.
The prudent fear of obvious metaphors always tries to stop the author, but how difficult it is to avoid them when it comes to a town called Chasiv Yar. How to avoid the metaphor of a city devastated by war, which now belongs to a certain extent to dogs and memories, to lone survivors with weapons (because they have to somehow fight off those dogs), and most importantly - to the military, who have to defend the town from the Russians, whatever the ravine or the abyss of the sullen time but his memory was not engulfed by the fighting.
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21.9.2024
Photo with history: Then dogs conquer the town, and each subsequent one looks at it as if it were water.
The prudent fear of obvious metaphors always tries to stop the author, but how difficult it is to avoid them when it comes to a town called Chasiv Yar. How to avoid the metaphor of a city devastated by war, which now belongs to a certain extent to dogs and memories, to lone survivors with weapons (because they have to somehow fight off those dogs), and most importantly - to the military, who have to defend the town from the Russians, whatever the ravine or the abyss of the sullen time but his memory was not engulfed by the fighting.

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