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Коли бреше не фотографія: як контекст, постановка, монтаж і ШІ змінюють правду про війну
До Міжнародного дня фактчекінгу — про те, чому маніпуляція у фотографії починається не лише з добору кадру, а й з підміни його сенсу.
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Коли бреше не фотографія: як контекст, постановка, монтаж і ШІ змінюють правду про війну
До Міжнародного дня фактчекінгу — про те, чому маніпуляція у фотографії починається не лише з добору кадру, а й з підміни його сенсу.
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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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5 killed and 184 facilities damaged in the Kyiv region: a week of Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russia deliberately targets civilian homes, public transport, and evacuation vehicles. The week in Ukraine began with mourning for those killed in the March 8 missile strike on a residential building in Kharkiv. And on the night before the weekend, Russians brutally attacked the Kyiv region with drones and missiles. The enemy is trying to inflict material damage by striking industrial facilities and disrupting civilian logistics in frontline and border regions by attacking the railway. Donetsk, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia regions suffer from airstrikes — the enemy is destroying historic buildings and well‑known architectural ensembles of Ukrainian cities. Every day, the occupying army devastates the urban landscape of Kherson. In total, over the week, Russia used 1,770 attack drones, more than 1,530 glide bombs, and 86 missiles — including over 20 ballistic ones — against Ukraine.
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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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11.5.2025
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Week of attacks: Russia strikes Kyiv despite ceasefire – mother and son killed
The week of May 5-11, 2025, was marked by intense Russian shelling of Ukrainian territories, resulting in numerous casualties among the civilian population and significant damage to infrastructure. Border areas and large cities were the most affected. Ukrainian air defense forces continue to work actively to destroy enemy targets, but the threat of new attacks remains high.
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11.5.2025
Week of attacks: Russia strikes Kyiv despite ceasefire – mother and son killed
The week of May 5-11, 2025, was marked by intense Russian shelling of Ukrainian territories, resulting in numerous casualties among the civilian population and significant damage to infrastructure. Border areas and large cities were the most affected. Ukrainian air defense forces continue to work actively to destroy enemy targets, but the threat of new attacks remains high.
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11.5.2025
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Mstislav Chernov will present his new film at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival
The film “2000 Meters to Andriivka” by director and founder of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Mstislav Chernov will be shown at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13. The film will be part of the “Day of Ukraine” program dedicated to the Russian-Ukrainian war. The program is organized by the festival in collaboration with France Télévisions and Brut.
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11.5.2025
Mstislav Chernov will present his new film at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival
The film “2000 Meters to Andriivka” by director and founder of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Mstislav Chernov will be shown at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13. The film will be part of the “Day of Ukraine” program dedicated to the Russian-Ukrainian war. The program is organized by the festival in collaboration with France Télévisions and Brut.
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8.5.2025
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A photo project, a film, a book, 50 interviews in a year. Serhii Melnychenko has completed the grant initiative “Under the Dnipro.”
During the year Nikolaev photographer Sergey Melnichenko worked on a large-scale documentary project “Under the Dnieper”, implemented with the support of the German Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation. Traveling through cities along the Dnieper — from Kherson to Kiev — he gathered more than 50 testimonies of Ukrainians who experienced various experiences during the full-scale Russian invasion: from victims of sexual violence in the occupation, people who live daily under shelling, volunteers and rescuers soldiers, to soldiers who returned from captivity. The project combines a photobook, a documentary film and a photo project, creating an in-depth chronicle of the country's life during the war.
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8.5.2025
A photo project, a film, a book, 50 interviews in a year. Serhii Melnychenko has completed the grant initiative “Under the Dnipro.”
During the year Nikolaev photographer Sergey Melnichenko worked on a large-scale documentary project “Under the Dnieper”, implemented with the support of the German Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation. Traveling through cities along the Dnieper — from Kherson to Kiev — he gathered more than 50 testimonies of Ukrainians who experienced various experiences during the full-scale Russian invasion: from victims of sexual violence in the occupation, people who live daily under shelling, volunteers and rescuers soldiers, to soldiers who returned from captivity. The project combines a photobook, a documentary film and a photo project, creating an in-depth chronicle of the country's life during the war.
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8.5.2025
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“It doesn't matter which side is shooting.” How the Kremlin uses photo contests to spread propaganda around the world
While the world community cherishes illusions about Russian pacification, the Russian army intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities. With the start of negotiations in which the United States brought Russia back into dialogue, the Kremlin is using this opportunity to spread its “truth” about the war.
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8.5.2025
“It doesn't matter which side is shooting.” How the Kremlin uses photo contests to spread propaganda around the world
While the world community cherishes illusions about Russian pacification, the Russian army intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities. With the start of negotiations in which the United States brought Russia back into dialogue, the Kremlin is using this opportunity to spread its “truth” about the war.
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8.5.2025
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How Russian propaganda tried to disrupt the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive in Kharkiv in the spring of 2022 — photographic evidence from Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
Two months of full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine are behind us. The resistance shown by Kharkiv's defenders in the first days of the war showed the Russians that no one would surrender the city without a fight. Like Kyiv, the Russians planned to capture Kharkiv in three days. At least, this is what Russian prisoners have testified. Therefore, the enemy hoped to capture Kharkiv through information warfare and terror. Turning Kharkiv residents against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing them to leave, and discrediting the city's defense and the struggle of the Ukrainian people as a whole were the goals that enemy propaganda sought to achieve in Kharkiv.
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8.5.2025
How Russian propaganda tried to disrupt the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive in Kharkiv in the spring of 2022 — photographic evidence from Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
Two months of full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine are behind us. The resistance shown by Kharkiv's defenders in the first days of the war showed the Russians that no one would surrender the city without a fight. Like Kyiv, the Russians planned to capture Kharkiv in three days. At least, this is what Russian prisoners have testified. Therefore, the enemy hoped to capture Kharkiv through information warfare and terror. Turning Kharkiv residents against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing them to leave, and discrediting the city's defense and the struggle of the Ukrainian people as a whole were the goals that enemy propaganda sought to achieve in Kharkiv.
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8.5.2025
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“Where the Road Leads”: a documentary project by Max Chorny
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual Grant Program to Support Documentary Photographers — an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. Today — the project “Where the road will lead” by Max Chorny. It is a journey through Ukraine without routes and reservations — only the road, road trips, casual acquaintances, conversations that you do not plan, and portraits of people that remain in the memory forever. This is not an event report. It is a personal observation of how the country feels in the middle, in dialogue, in silence, in fatigue, in believing words and unbelieving views. Max's stories are not a claim to objectivity, but an attempt to catch the living warmth between the lines of the news, where the real begins.
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8.5.2025
“Where the Road Leads”: a documentary project by Max Chorny
We continue to introduce you to the finalists of our annual Grant Program to Support Documentary Photographers — an initiative implemented by UAPP with the support of the International Press Institute. Today — the project “Where the road will lead” by Max Chorny. It is a journey through Ukraine without routes and reservations — only the road, road trips, casual acquaintances, conversations that you do not plan, and portraits of people that remain in the memory forever. This is not an event report. It is a personal observation of how the country feels in the middle, in dialogue, in silence, in fatigue, in believing words and unbelieving views. Max's stories are not a claim to objectivity, but an attempt to catch the living warmth between the lines of the news, where the real begins.

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У цьому розділі зібрані кращі кадри місяця, інтерв'ю з фотографами та великі візуальні матеріали. Відкрийте для себе цікаві історії та події через об'єктив наших талановитих авторів.

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“Pre Mortem” — a documentary project by Semen Kuchvara
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Donetsk 2006. A photo series by Dmytro Kupriian about a lost city
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“Warmth of the Earth” — a project by Anton Cherniak

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