Vladyslav Krasnoshchok was born and lives in Kharkiv. Between 1997 and 2002, he studied at the Faculty of Dentistry and worked for more than ten years in an emergency hospital. Yet it was photography that became his way of seeing the world and speaking about it. Since 2010, he has been a member of the art group “Shylo,” known for its radical visual gestures. Krasnoshchok expands the tradition of Kharkiv photography, working with archives, hand‑coloring, collage, and sculptural objects. From the first days of Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine, he has been documenting the war, capturing its events on black‑and‑white film.

Andrii Kotliarchuk began his career in the Verkhovna Rada, photographed presidents, shot advertising campaigns for global brands, and worked for many years in glossy magazines. But in the 2000s, he stepped away from commercial work to focus solely on his own projects. Today, he is the author of frontline portraits, albums about wartime volunteers, and a series on Kyiv region after occupation, as well as a new member of the UAPP. In his work, documentary precision is intertwined with an author’s philosophy, and war appears not only as a tragedy but also as a space for searching for meaning and beauty.

The first week of September brought a new ordeal for Ukraine. In the early hours of Sunday, 7 September, at dawn, Russia carried out its most powerful combined strike in recent months against Ukrainian cities. The enemy launched hundreds of attack drones and ground‑launched missiles, directing them at residential neighborhoods, government buildings, and civilian infrastructure. According to the Air Force, a total of 823 aerial weapons were fired at Ukraine: 810 attack UAVs and 13 missiles. Despite the work of air defense, 9 missile impacts and 54 drone impacts were recorded. Damage of varying scale was reported at more than thirty locations, including in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Kremlin propaganda is hoping for successful advances by the Russian army in southern Ukraine. That is why it actively spreads the narrative that residents of Zaporizhzhia are supposedly waiting for the arrival of the invading forces. Propagandists claim that “local media are wondering whether Moscow will take control of the city after negotiations or hand it over to Kyiv” (as stated by the propaganda outlet *Ukraina.ru*).

Another week has passed — and once again, a series of Russian attacks has struck Ukrainian cities both in the rear and near the front line. Despite technical negotiations between Ukraine, the United States, and EU countries, there has been no tangible progress toward peace. Instead, Russia continues to escalate the intensity of its strikes, undermining international diplomatic efforts. This week, the Kremlin’s aggression reached an unprecedented scale: massive drone and missile attacks targeted not only military sites but also civilian infrastructure. Despite the effective work of Ukrainian air defense, the sheer volume of attacks led to numerous casualties and destruction even in cities far from the front. These actions once again make it clear — Russia chooses war over peace.