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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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1.4.2024
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Kostya and Vlada Liberov invite to the exhibition of photos from the “Line of Contact” front
Members of the UAPP, spouses of photojournalists Konstantin and Vlad Liberova will present a series of pictures from the war on April 4 at the VDNG in Kyiv. The exposition features more than 150 documentary photographs and videos taken over the past two years in frontline cities and directly on the front lines.
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1.4.2024
Kostya and Vlada Liberov invite to the exhibition of photos from the “Line of Contact” front
Members of the UAPP, spouses of photojournalists Konstantin and Vlad Liberova will present a series of pictures from the war on April 4 at the VDNG in Kyiv. The exposition features more than 150 documentary photographs and videos taken over the past two years in frontline cities and directly on the front lines.
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30.3.2024
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“The children's room was left empty.” The aftermath of the rocket attack on Uman in photos by Roman Pylypii
On April 28, 2023, the Russian army launched a missile strike on Uman. Russian missiles hit a nine-story residential building. Twenty-three people were killed, including six children.
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30.3.2024
“The children's room was left empty.” The aftermath of the rocket attack on Uman in photos by Roman Pylypii
On April 28, 2023, the Russian army launched a missile strike on Uman. Russian missiles hit a nine-story residential building. Twenty-three people were killed, including six children.
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27.3.2024
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Oksana Parfeniuk, Sasha Maslov. A conversation with documentary photographers about how they work here and now in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. Oksana Parafeniuk and Sasha Maslov told whether the war in Ukraine ceased to interest the foreign reader, how requests to documentary filmmakers were transformed and how their personal view of photo-documentary has changed.
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27.3.2024
Oksana Parfeniuk, Sasha Maslov. A conversation with documentary photographers about how they work here and now in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. Oksana Parafeniuk and Sasha Maslov told whether the war in Ukraine ceased to interest the foreign reader, how requests to documentary filmmakers were transformed and how their personal view of photo-documentary has changed.
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27.3.2024
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Russian plane bombs hit Kharkov: consequences of terror in photos of Ukrainian documentarians
On Wednesday, March 27, two powerful explosions were heard in the afternoon during the air alarm in Kharkiv. For the first time since 2022, Russian troops attacked a residential area of the city with air bombs. 19 people were affected, among them a girl born in 2022 and a boy born in 2023. One civilian woman was killed, who was on the street at the time of the “arrival”. 14 apartment buildings were damaged.
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27.3.2024
Russian plane bombs hit Kharkov: consequences of terror in photos of Ukrainian documentarians
On Wednesday, March 27, two powerful explosions were heard in the afternoon during the air alarm in Kharkiv. For the first time since 2022, Russian troops attacked a residential area of the city with air bombs. 19 people were affected, among them a girl born in 2022 and a boy born in 2023. One civilian woman was killed, who was on the street at the time of the “arrival”. 14 apartment buildings were damaged.
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25.3.2024
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Destroyed building of the Academy of Arts in Kyiv: the consequences of the ballistic attack of the Russians in the lens of documentary filmmakers
Numerous explosions thundered through the center of Kiev on Monday, March 25, about 30 seconds after the air alarm sirens went off. Russian troops attacked the capital of Ukraine with two ballistic missiles, they managed to shoot them down.
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25.3.2024
Destroyed building of the Academy of Arts in Kyiv: the consequences of the ballistic attack of the Russians in the lens of documentary filmmakers
Numerous explosions thundered through the center of Kiev on Monday, March 25, about 30 seconds after the air alarm sirens went off. Russian troops attacked the capital of Ukraine with two ballistic missiles, they managed to shoot them down.
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24.3.2024
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“I don't know when you'll get this message,” my friend writes to me. ‘You're always on time,’ I reply. Photo with a story by Olena Huseynova
I saw her smile. And she saw that I saw her. And that I was smiling too. We talked about why we had stopped pausing before saying something that might scare someone. And about why we talk so much, but have so few stories to tell. We talked for a long time. She moved around the apartment. She turned on the light in the kitchen. She turned off the light in the kitchen. And turned it on in the living room. And then her phone ran out of battery.
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24.3.2024
“I don't know when you'll get this message,” my friend writes to me. ‘You're always on time,’ I reply. Photo with a story by Olena Huseynova
I saw her smile. And she saw that I saw her. And that I was smiling too. We talked about why we had stopped pausing before saying something that might scare someone. And about why we talk so much, but have so few stories to tell. We talked for a long time. She moved around the apartment. She turned on the light in the kitchen. She turned off the light in the kitchen. And turned it on in the living room. And then her phone ran out of battery.

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