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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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30.8.2024
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A 12‑story building in Kharkiv is on fire, and there are casualties. The aftermath of the Russian KAB strike captured by local documentarians.
Bodies of the dead near the entrance, injured children, burned cars, and a multi‑story building engulfed in flames — these are the consequences of another Russian strike on Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs. On August 30, 2024, Russian forces carried out five air attacks from the Belgorod region using UMPB D‑30 munitions.
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30.8.2024
A 12‑story building in Kharkiv is on fire, and there are casualties. The aftermath of the Russian KAB strike captured by local documentarians.
Bodies of the dead near the entrance, injured children, burned cars, and a multi‑story building engulfed in flames — these are the consequences of another Russian strike on Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs. On August 30, 2024, Russian forces carried out five air attacks from the Belgorod region using UMPB D‑30 munitions.
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28.8.2024
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Maksym Dondyuk on the tragedy in Ilovaisk: “The most important photos for me are those of the guys who died.”
In August 2014, one of the fiercest battles for the Ukrainian military in the war in the east took place near the city of Ilovaisk. The Ukrainian command decided to storm the city occupied by pro-Russian militants, located 43 km from Donetsk. Instead, the operation turned into a tragedy. The fighting lasted almost a month. About 400 Ukrainian servicemen died in the “Ilovai cauldron”, as many were wounded of varying severity, and about 300 were taken prisoner.
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28.8.2024
Maksym Dondyuk on the tragedy in Ilovaisk: “The most important photos for me are those of the guys who died.”
In August 2014, one of the fiercest battles for the Ukrainian military in the war in the east took place near the city of Ilovaisk. The Ukrainian command decided to storm the city occupied by pro-Russian militants, located 43 km from Donetsk. Instead, the operation turned into a tragedy. The fighting lasted almost a month. About 400 Ukrainian servicemen died in the “Ilovai cauldron”, as many were wounded of varying severity, and about 300 were taken prisoner.
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28.8.2024
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The exhibition “Bakhmut. Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022” has opened in Kaunas, Lithuania.
On August 23, 2024, the “Ninth Fort” Museum in Kaunas hosted the opening of the exhibition “Bakhmut. Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022,” which became an important event for the Lithuanian audience. Organized by the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), this exhibition is the first project by the Babyn Yar Reserve to be presented in a European Union country.
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28.8.2024
The exhibition “Bakhmut. Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022” has opened in Kaunas, Lithuania.
On August 23, 2024, the “Ninth Fort” Museum in Kaunas hosted the opening of the exhibition “Bakhmut. Faces of Genocide 1942 | 2022,” which became an important event for the Lithuanian audience. Organized by the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Babyn Yar” with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP), this exhibition is the first project by the Babyn Yar Reserve to be presented in a European Union country.
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27.8.2024
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Winning back the right to fight. Women in the military in Marysia Mianovska’s photo project.
Marysia Mianovska is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, a documentary and conceptual photographer. She has gone from fashion photography to documentary projects that highlight changes in Ukrainian society. She is now exploring the challenges faced by women in the military, emphasizing their struggle for the right to fight while defending their country. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes a conversation with Marysia and her photographs.
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27.8.2024
Winning back the right to fight. Women in the military in Marysia Mianovska’s photo project.
Marysia Mianovska is a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, a documentary and conceptual photographer. She has gone from fashion photography to documentary projects that highlight changes in Ukrainian society. She is now exploring the challenges faced by women in the military, emphasizing their struggle for the right to fight while defending their country. Today, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers publishes a conversation with Marysia and her photographs.
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26.8.2024
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Injured children and burned cars. The aftermath of the Russian strike on Odesa through the lens of documentarian Oleksandr Himanov.
On the night of 26 August 2024, Russians began attacking Ukraine with Shahed drones, and in the morning missiles joined in. Explosions were heard in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and Lviv oblasts, as well as in Kharkiv, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Kropyvnytskyi.
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26.8.2024
Injured children and burned cars. The aftermath of the Russian strike on Odesa through the lens of documentarian Oleksandr Himanov.
On the night of 26 August 2024, Russians began attacking Ukraine with Shahed drones, and in the morning missiles joined in. Explosions were heard in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and Lviv oblasts, as well as in Kharkiv, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Kropyvnytskyi.
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25.8.2024
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Photo with a story: There is something about these unrecognizable Cassandras that resembles ordinary women.
These women in yellow scarves on benches near their homes on the road, as if unwell Cassandra were unrecognizable.
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25.8.2024
Photo with a story: There is something about these unrecognizable Cassandras that resembles ordinary women.
These women in yellow scarves on benches near their homes on the road, as if unwell Cassandra were unrecognizable.

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