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Anniversary of the Olenivka terrorist attack
The tragedy in Olenivka occurred on the night of July 29: an explosion rang out in the barrack of Correctional Colony No. 120. The day before, Ukrainian prisoners of war, including defenders of Azovstal, had been deliberately moved there. Ukraine recognized this attack as a terrorist act. As reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General in the summer of 2024, investigative actions were still ongoing without charges being filed. This war crime claimed the lives of more than 50 people, and over 140 were injured.
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Anniversary of the Olenivka terrorist attack
The tragedy in Olenivka occurred on the night of July 29: an explosion rang out in the barrack of Correctional Colony No. 120. The day before, Ukrainian prisoners of war, including defenders of Azovstal, had been deliberately moved there. Ukraine recognized this attack as a terrorist act. As reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General in the summer of 2024, investigative actions were still ongoing without charges being filed. This war crime claimed the lives of more than 50 people, and over 140 were injured.
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Missile strike on a training ground in Kyiv region and systematic shelling of regions: how Russia attacked Ukraine from July 20 to 26
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Ukrainian photographers — winners of the most prestigious world competitions
Global recognition of Ukrainian documentarians today goes far beyond purely artistic achievements, since the documentary frame remains the most powerful tool in the struggle for the attention of the international community. The year 2026 has become another important year of victory for Ukrainian photographers, members of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, on the international stage. Their works were nominated and awarded for their uncompromising capture of the realities of war.
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In Ukraine, a School of Photography and Visual Culture is being opened by the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP).
Українська асоціація професійних фотографів (UAPP), керівником якої є лауреат Пулітцерівської премії Мстислав Чернов, відкриває Школу фотографії та візуальної культури — новий освітній простір, де фотографію розглядатимуть не лише як професію чи ремесло, а як інструмент культурного висловлювання.
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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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24.9.2024
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“From the eighth to the third floor, the building collapsed.” The aftermath of Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv in the photographs of Heorhii Ivanchenko and Yevhen Hertner.
In the afternoon of 24 September 2024, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The targets that day included a residential building, a bread factory, and a stadium.
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24.9.2024
“From the eighth to the third floor, the building collapsed.” The aftermath of Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv in the photographs of Heorhii Ivanchenko and Yevhen Hertner.
In the afternoon of 24 September 2024, Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The targets that day included a residential building, a bread factory, and a stadium.
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23.9.2024
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“I was appointed press officer, even though I didn't want to.” Yevgen Borisovsky on photography at the front, censorship, and the work of a press officer
Yevhen Borisovsky, a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, combines two hypostases: soldier and photographer. Appointed to the post of chief of the communications department of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade, he never planned to choose a career as a soldier or a photographer, however, life and war ordered differently.
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23.9.2024
“I was appointed press officer, even though I didn't want to.” Yevgen Borisovsky on photography at the front, censorship, and the work of a press officer
Yevhen Borisovsky, a new member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers, combines two hypostases: soldier and photographer. Appointed to the post of chief of the communications department of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade, he never planned to choose a career as a soldier or a photographer, however, life and war ordered differently.
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21.9.2024
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“Other Days of Life": a series of photographs by Alexander Rupeta about people who refuse to be conquered
Ukrainian documentary photographer Oleksandr Rupeta with his series of photos “Other Days of Life” won the Xposure Photography Award 2024 as the best independent freelance photojournalist. For more than a year, he filmed life in different parts of Ukraine to show the war from a different, personal, perspective.
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21.9.2024
“Other Days of Life": a series of photographs by Alexander Rupeta about people who refuse to be conquered
Ukrainian documentary photographer Oleksandr Rupeta with his series of photos “Other Days of Life” won the Xposure Photography Award 2024 as the best independent freelance photojournalist. For more than a year, he filmed life in different parts of Ukraine to show the war from a different, personal, perspective.
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21.9.2024
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Photo with history: Then dogs conquer the town, and each subsequent one looks at it as if it were water.
The prudent fear of obvious metaphors always tries to stop the author, but how difficult it is to avoid them when it comes to a town called Chasiv Yar. How to avoid the metaphor of a city devastated by war, which now belongs to a certain extent to dogs and memories, to lone survivors with weapons (because they have to somehow fight off those dogs), and most importantly - to the military, who have to defend the town from the Russians, whatever the ravine or the abyss of the sullen time but his memory was not engulfed by the fighting.
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21.9.2024
Photo with history: Then dogs conquer the town, and each subsequent one looks at it as if it were water.
The prudent fear of obvious metaphors always tries to stop the author, but how difficult it is to avoid them when it comes to a town called Chasiv Yar. How to avoid the metaphor of a city devastated by war, which now belongs to a certain extent to dogs and memories, to lone survivors with weapons (because they have to somehow fight off those dogs), and most importantly - to the military, who have to defend the town from the Russians, whatever the ravine or the abyss of the sullen time but his memory was not engulfed by the fighting.
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16.9.2024
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War Nouveau: Yuriy Dyachyshyn's series on new landscapes of war
Lviv photographer Yurko Dyachishin documents life during the war from the first hours of the full-scale Russian invasion. In particular, he photographs how the usual landscapes of his native city of Lviv are changing under the aggressive action of war. Yurko Dyachishin spoke about his work on the War Nouveau project, about the limits of aesthetics in wartime and why he does not believe that one photograph can stop the war, but he very much hopes that he is wrong.
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Photo Stories
16.9.2024
War Nouveau: Yuriy Dyachyshyn's series on new landscapes of war
Lviv photographer Yurko Dyachishin documents life during the war from the first hours of the full-scale Russian invasion. In particular, he photographs how the usual landscapes of his native city of Lviv are changing under the aggressive action of war. Yurko Dyachishin spoke about his work on the War Nouveau project, about the limits of aesthetics in wartime and why he does not believe that one photograph can stop the war, but he very much hopes that he is wrong.
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16.9.2024
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"Foreign mercenaries" in Russia’s Kursk region: how pro‑Kremlin propaganda tries to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
With the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ military operation in Russia’s Kursk region, pro‑Kremlin Telegram channels and media began actively spreading narratives about “foreign mercenaries” allegedly fighting there. To reinforce these claims, they used photographs belonging to the Forward Observations Group account on Instagram.
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16.9.2024
"Foreign mercenaries" in Russia’s Kursk region: how pro‑Kremlin propaganda tries to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
With the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ military operation in Russia’s Kursk region, pro‑Kremlin Telegram channels and media began actively spreading narratives about “foreign mercenaries” allegedly fighting there. To reinforce these claims, they used photographs belonging to the Forward Observations Group account on Instagram.

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