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Massive shelling of Dnipro and nightly terror in Odesa: a weekly overview of enemy attacks
Dnipro and Odesa are once again recovering from strikes on residential neighborhoods. Following the twenty‑hour shelling of Dnipro on April 25, nine civilians were confirmed dead and 61 injured; the attack the day before claimed three more lives. In Odesa, two people were killed and nearly twenty wounded. The week was marked by a sharp escalation of shelling in border and frontline regions. Sumy, Nizhyn, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv suffered from enemy strikes, with intensified attacks in northern Kharkiv region. The situation remains consistently severe in the south and east — in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk. In Kyiv, the death toll from the April 18 terrorist attack rose to seven after a man died in hospital; seven more people, including a child, remain under medical care. At the same time, Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko clarified that it was not the mother of the injured child who died, but her sister.
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Massive shelling of Dnipro and nightly terror in Odesa: a weekly overview of enemy attacks
Dnipro and Odesa are once again recovering from strikes on residential neighborhoods. Following the twenty‑hour shelling of Dnipro on April 25, nine civilians were confirmed dead and 61 injured; the attack the day before claimed three more lives. In Odesa, two people were killed and nearly twenty wounded. The week was marked by a sharp escalation of shelling in border and frontline regions. Sumy, Nizhyn, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv suffered from enemy strikes, with intensified attacks in northern Kharkiv region. The situation remains consistently severe in the south and east — in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk. In Kyiv, the death toll from the April 18 terrorist attack rose to seven after a man died in hospital; seven more people, including a child, remain under medical care. At the same time, Prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko clarified that it was not the mother of the injured child who died, but her sister.
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Russian propaganda in action: how the Hungarian government used Kremlin narratives in its election campaign
In the pro‑Russian information space, baseless accusations were spread that Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, with Brussels’ support, was controlling the Hungarian opposition party *Tisza*. This conspiracy theory served as a tool to accuse Ukraine and the European Union of attempting to illegally change power in Hungary. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes key anti‑Ukrainian narratives with a Hungarian focus, while Maksym Kishka’s photo report from Hungary documents the public mood in the country with factual precision.
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A tragic week for Ukraine: brutal Russian attacks on peaceful cities and an armed assault on people in the capital
Russia turned Easter Week into a time of relentless airstrikes. The most brutal and destructive attacks targeted Dnipro, Kyiv, and Odesa. Around one hundred civilians were injured during the massive assault of April 15–16, when Russia launched more than 700 aerial targets. Russian drone and missile strikes claimed the lives of children in three cities: in Cherkasy, an 8‑year‑old boy was killed on a playground; in Kyiv, a ballistic missile killed a 12‑year‑old child in bed; in Chernihiv, a teenager was found dead under the rubble of a collapsed building. During the week, Russians cynically attacked medics and hospitals, bombed a reservoir, and carried out assaults on civilian vessels. Over the weekend, tragedy struck in Kyiv: six people were killed in a shooting. Among the wounded was a boy whose parents were victims of the assailant.
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Tragic consequences of Russian attacks during Holy Week
On the eve of Easter, Russian forces deliberately struck peaceful towns and villages. The enemy targeted energy infrastructure, administrative buildings during working hours, crowded markets, public transport, cultural and historical landmarks, and the homes of ordinary Ukrainians. Odesa, Nikopol, and Kramatorsk were in mourning for the dead. In Nikopol — a city of about 40,000 residents — more than 100 people have been killed or injured since the beginning of April, according to Ukrainska Pravda. Life. Civilian casualties are also high in Kherson, which remains under constant threat from shelling and remote mining.The scale of destruction to residential areas is captured in photo reports from Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, and Kramatorsk.
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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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UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
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Photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025”
The photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025” is a powerful testimony of Ukraine's decade-long struggle for freedom, documenting the greatest tragedy in the recent history of Europe through the eyes of those who were at its epicenter.
UAPP Projects
30.5.2025
Photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025”
The photobook “WAR CHRONICLES: UKRAINE 2014—2025” is a powerful testimony of Ukraine's decade-long struggle for freedom, documenting the greatest tragedy in the recent history of Europe through the eyes of those who were at its epicenter.
Photo Stories
28.5.2025
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The city of salt, the city of war: Soledar through the eyes of Irina Rybakova
Before the full-scale invasion, Soledar was a deep rear — a city of mines, salt lakes, and silence. The war wiped it all away. All that remains are photographs, destroyed five-story buildings, and a single exhibition that has been turned into a memorial.
Photo Stories
28.5.2025
The city of salt, the city of war: Soledar through the eyes of Irina Rybakova
Before the full-scale invasion, Soledar was a deep rear — a city of mines, salt lakes, and silence. The war wiped it all away. All that remains are photographs, destroyed five-story buildings, and a single exhibition that has been turned into a memorial.
News Stories
27.5.2025
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When a mother's love is stronger than death
In Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, 27-year-old Hanna Yefimenko was buried — a woman who died on the night of May 18 during a massive Russian drone attack. A direct hit on a residential building destroyed her home. At the moment of the strike, Hanna covered her 4-year-old son Mark with her body. The boy survived but suffered shrapnel wounds to his face — doctors are fighting to save his eyesight. Photojournalist Anton Shuka documented the tragedy of the Yefimenko family, which has become yet another great wound for Ukrainian society.
News Stories
27.5.2025
When a mother's love is stronger than death
In Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, 27-year-old Hanna Yefimenko was buried — a woman who died on the night of May 18 during a massive Russian drone attack. A direct hit on a residential building destroyed her home. At the moment of the strike, Hanna covered her 4-year-old son Mark with her body. The boy survived but suffered shrapnel wounds to his face — doctors are fighting to save his eyesight. Photojournalist Anton Shuka documented the tragedy of the Yefimenko family, which has become yet another great wound for Ukrainian society.
News Stories
25.5.2025
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Large-scale attacks ahead of Kyiv Day. How Russia bombed Ukraine on May 19–25
During the week of May 19-25, 2025, Ukraine suffered one of the largest waves of attacks from Russia. Missile and drone strikes hit dozens of cities, causing numerous casualties, injuries, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, and Khmelnytskyi were the most affected. The attack on the capital on the eve of Kyiv Day was particularly cynical.
News Stories
25.5.2025
Large-scale attacks ahead of Kyiv Day. How Russia bombed Ukraine on May 19–25
During the week of May 19-25, 2025, Ukraine suffered one of the largest waves of attacks from Russia. Missile and drone strikes hit dozens of cities, causing numerous casualties, injuries, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, and Khmelnytskyi were the most affected. The attack on the capital on the eve of Kyiv Day was particularly cynical.
Photo Stories
24.5.2025
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Max Chorny: “Where the Road Leads, Part 1”
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 we are publishing the first part of Max Chorny's project “Where the Road Leads” about hitchhiking, chance encounters, and fleeting moments of life in Ukraine.
Photo Stories
24.5.2025
Max Chorny: “Where the Road Leads, Part 1”
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 we are publishing the first part of Max Chorny's project “Where the Road Leads” about hitchhiking, chance encounters, and fleeting moments of life in Ukraine.
Photo Stories
22.5.2025
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“I hate taking photos.” Dmytro Kozatsky on his shots from Azovstal, the burden of recognition, and internal pressure
On May 20, 2022, the withdrawal of Ukrainian defenders from Azovstal was completed, a symbol of invulnerability that held the defense in Mariupol surrounded by Russian troops for 86 days. Families of the defenders of “Azovstal” are still waiting for the return of their loved ones from Russian captivity. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes footage of the photographer, at that time a soldier of the Azov regiment Dmitry (Orest) Kozatsky, taken on the territory of the plant during the defense, as well as a conversation with him — about photography, war, captivity and the right to pause.
Photo Stories
22.5.2025
“I hate taking photos.” Dmytro Kozatsky on his shots from Azovstal, the burden of recognition, and internal pressure
On May 20, 2022, the withdrawal of Ukrainian defenders from Azovstal was completed, a symbol of invulnerability that held the defense in Mariupol surrounded by Russian troops for 86 days. Families of the defenders of “Azovstal” are still waiting for the return of their loved ones from Russian captivity. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes footage of the photographer, at that time a soldier of the Azov regiment Dmitry (Orest) Kozatsky, taken on the territory of the plant during the defense, as well as a conversation with him — about photography, war, captivity and the right to pause.

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