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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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7.11.2023
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People, like me, did not understand what was happening at all.
Photographer Pavlo Dorogoy was in Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. “I woke up at five in the morning from a call from my mother, who said in tears that she heard explosions and saw a roar in the sky. The simpleton told her that it could be fireworks,” recalls Pavlo Dorohoy. Then he started reading the news, chatting with friends, and realized that it was not fireworks.
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7.11.2023
People, like me, did not understand what was happening at all.
Photographer Pavlo Dorogoy was in Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. “I woke up at five in the morning from a call from my mother, who said in tears that she heard explosions and saw a roar in the sky. The simpleton told her that it could be fireworks,” recalls Pavlo Dorohoy. Then he started reading the news, chatting with friends, and realized that it was not fireworks.
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6.11.2023
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“I knew that many of my friends would die. And I might too.”
Photographer Andrey Dubchak talks about the first days of a full-scale invasion. Photographer Andrey Dubchak met the war on February 24 at the Mir Hotel in Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region. He recalls waking up from a phone call from his wife Lisa, who reported the beginning of the war.
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6.11.2023
“I knew that many of my friends would die. And I might too.”
Photographer Andrey Dubchak talks about the first days of a full-scale invasion. Photographer Andrey Dubchak met the war on February 24 at the Mir Hotel in Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region. He recalls waking up from a phone call from his wife Lisa, who reported the beginning of the war.
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5.11.2023
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I had a feeling that these might be my last photos of Kyiv.
Photographer Alina Smutko was in Kyiv on February 24, 2022. She recalls that she did not expect such a development of events, and only made up the alarming suitcase because of the many requests of friends. Alina learned about the beginning of a full-scale war at four in the morning, after the first explosions in Kyiv.
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5.11.2023
I had a feeling that these might be my last photos of Kyiv.
Photographer Alina Smutko was in Kyiv on February 24, 2022. She recalls that she did not expect such a development of events, and only made up the alarming suitcase because of the many requests of friends. Alina learned about the beginning of a full-scale war at four in the morning, after the first explosions in Kyiv.
News Stories
3.11.2023
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Nine Ukrainian photographers tell and show how the great invasion began
With this material, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers begins a series of materials devoted to the key events of the Russian war against Ukraine, where we will publish memoirs and photos of Ukrainian documentary photographers. On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The main events of this day were missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, breakthrough of Russian troops on the foothills, south and east
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3.11.2023
Nine Ukrainian photographers tell and show how the great invasion began
With this material, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers begins a series of materials devoted to the key events of the Russian war against Ukraine, where we will publish memoirs and photos of Ukrainian documentary photographers. On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The main events of this day were missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, breakthrough of Russian troops on the foothills, south and east
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3.11.2023
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“Arrival. Fire. Shining.” Morning attack on Kharkiv in photographs by Yakov Lyashenko and Georgy Ivanchenko
On the night of November 3, the Russians attacked Ukraine with forty Shahed drones and deployed the X-59 guided air missile from the airspace of the temporarily occupied Kherson region. It was possible to shoot down 24 drones and missiles. This was reported in the Air Force of the Armed Forces.
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3.11.2023
“Arrival. Fire. Shining.” Morning attack on Kharkiv in photographs by Yakov Lyashenko and Georgy Ivanchenko
On the night of November 3, the Russians attacked Ukraine with forty Shahed drones and deployed the X-59 guided air missile from the airspace of the temporarily occupied Kherson region. It was possible to shoot down 24 drones and missiles. This was reported in the Air Force of the Armed Forces.
UAPP Projects
1.11.2023
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Photo chronicle of the war
A media and archival project that demonstrated the importance of the transformations our country is undergoing, as well as the value of documentary photography, which during wartime is not just a source of evidence about events, but a powerful weapon against propaganda and the falsification of history.
UAPP Projects
1.11.2023
Photo chronicle of the war
A media and archival project that demonstrated the importance of the transformations our country is undergoing, as well as the value of documentary photography, which during wartime is not just a source of evidence about events, but a powerful weapon against propaganda and the falsification of history.

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