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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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Photo Stories
1.12.2024
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Photo with history: enveloped by landscapes of death
Some time of our lives, even if it all happened in a war, will still retain the feeling that the landscape is about the tranquility and beauty of existence.
Photo Stories
1.12.2024
Photo with history: enveloped by landscapes of death
Some time of our lives, even if it all happened in a war, will still retain the feeling that the landscape is about the tranquility and beauty of existence.
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1.12.2024
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“Seeing the Unseen”: how Iva Sidash received one of the most prestigious awards in photojournalism for young photographers
Photographer and participant of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Iva Sidash won the main category of the prestigious Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant competition.
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1.12.2024
“Seeing the Unseen”: how Iva Sidash received one of the most prestigious awards in photojournalism for young photographers
Photographer and participant of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Iva Sidash won the main category of the prestigious Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant competition.
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27.11.2024
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Stanislav Ostrous: “War is not only death, but also this kind of life”
Ukrainian photographer Stanislav Ostrous told about the first days of the full-scale war in Kharkiv, the stories of the people he met in the territories liberated from the Russian troops, and about the places where the soul of the city of Kherson really was.
Photo Stories
27.11.2024
Stanislav Ostrous: “War is not only death, but also this kind of life”
Ukrainian photographer Stanislav Ostrous told about the first days of the full-scale war in Kharkiv, the stories of the people he met in the territories liberated from the Russian troops, and about the places where the soul of the city of Kherson really was.
Photo Stories
27.11.2024
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Drones fly over the city, Russians stand 2.5 kilometers away. Kupiansk through the lens of Ivan Samoilov
Kupyansk, known in the past as an important trading hub, has today become a symbol of struggle and destruction. Historically, the city was closely associated with trade, which is reflected even in its name - according to one version, it comes from the word “merchant”. Another version associates the name with “bumps” — peat mounds that covered the area.
Photo Stories
27.11.2024
Drones fly over the city, Russians stand 2.5 kilometers away. Kupiansk through the lens of Ivan Samoilov
Kupyansk, known in the past as an important trading hub, has today become a symbol of struggle and destruction. Historically, the city was closely associated with trade, which is reflected even in its name - according to one version, it comes from the word “merchant”. Another version associates the name with “bumps” — peat mounds that covered the area.
News Stories
26.11.2024
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Bombs and IPSO: how Russia is trying to destroy the unconquered Kharkiv
Kharkiv — a frontline city with a population of over one million in northeastern Ukraine — has been subjected daily, since the start of the full-scale invasion, to attacks with ballistic missiles, aerial bombs (KABs), strike drones, and information-psychological operations (IPSO).
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26.11.2024
Bombs and IPSO: how Russia is trying to destroy the unconquered Kharkiv
Kharkiv — a frontline city with a population of over one million in northeastern Ukraine — has been subjected daily, since the start of the full-scale invasion, to attacks with ballistic missiles, aerial bombs (KABs), strike drones, and information-psychological operations (IPSO).
Photo Stories
23.11.2024
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“Giving a voice to those who were unable to speak out during their lifetime.” Lesya Marushchak on the world's most famous exhibition about the Holodomor
Project “Maria” (Project MARIA) by the Canadian artist of Ukrainian origin Lesya Marushchak became the most famous exhibition about the Holodomor of 1932—1933, according to the recognition of the National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv. This artistic work has been visited in nine countries of the world, and the book created on the basis of the project has won international awards. The exhibition provides an opportunity to look at the memory of the Holodomor through art that makes a complex subject accessible and understandable on many levels.
Photo Stories
23.11.2024
“Giving a voice to those who were unable to speak out during their lifetime.” Lesya Marushchak on the world's most famous exhibition about the Holodomor
Project “Maria” (Project MARIA) by the Canadian artist of Ukrainian origin Lesya Marushchak became the most famous exhibition about the Holodomor of 1932—1933, according to the recognition of the National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv. This artistic work has been visited in nine countries of the world, and the book created on the basis of the project has won international awards. The exhibition provides an opportunity to look at the memory of the Holodomor through art that makes a complex subject accessible and understandable on many levels.

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