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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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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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6.5.2025
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“There is no justice, but it's nice to move towards it,” says photographer and sergeant of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, Kostyantyn Guzenko.
Konstantin Guzenko is a photographer, media producer, member of the Ukrainner team and candidate for admission to UAPP. Today he serves in the 35th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mikhail Ostrogradsky and serves as a pressofitzer. His pictures are of war without decoration: the view from the trench, from the rear of combat vehicles and from the dungeons where those who fight live.
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6.5.2025
“There is no justice, but it's nice to move towards it,” says photographer and sergeant of the 35th Separate Marine Brigade, Kostyantyn Guzenko.
Konstantin Guzenko is a photographer, media producer, member of the Ukrainner team and candidate for admission to UAPP. Today he serves in the 35th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mikhail Ostrogradsky and serves as a pressofitzer. His pictures are of war without decoration: the view from the trench, from the rear of combat vehicles and from the dungeons where those who fight live.
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5.5.2025
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Cities in flames: a photo chronicle of the shelling of Kharkiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia
Massive drone attacks, ballistic missiles, dozens of wounded and dead civilians — from April 28 to May 2, Russia attacked at least nine Ukrainian cities. Residential areas, hospitals, and schools were once again targeted. Explosions were heard in Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kherson, and frontline communities. Children were injured, dozens of people were wounded, and critical infrastructure was destroyed.
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5.5.2025
Cities in flames: a photo chronicle of the shelling of Kharkiv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhia
Massive drone attacks, ballistic missiles, dozens of wounded and dead civilians — from April 28 to May 2, Russia attacked at least nine Ukrainian cities. Residential areas, hospitals, and schools were once again targeted. Explosions were heard in Kharkiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Kherson, and frontline communities. Children were injured, dozens of people were wounded, and critical infrastructure was destroyed.

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