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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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30.6.2024
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“Hungry. Exhausted. Happy.” Photographers Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov showed the condition in which Ukrainians return from Russian captivity
On June 25, 2024, another 90 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity: 32 National Guard servicemen, 18 border guards, 17 members of the Naval Forces, 15 Armed Forces soldiers, and 8 Territorial Defense fighters. Among them were 59 defenders of Mariupol, 52 of whom had held out at Azovstal. Also returning to Ukrainian soil were 5 National Guard soldiers who had been on duty at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant at the start of the invasion.
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30.6.2024
“Hungry. Exhausted. Happy.” Photographers Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov showed the condition in which Ukrainians return from Russian captivity
On June 25, 2024, another 90 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity: 32 National Guard servicemen, 18 border guards, 17 members of the Naval Forces, 15 Armed Forces soldiers, and 8 Territorial Defense fighters. Among them were 59 defenders of Mariupol, 52 of whom had held out at Azovstal. Also returning to Ukrainian soil were 5 National Guard soldiers who had been on duty at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant at the start of the invasion.
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30.6.2024
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“Workers were unloading parcels.” The aftermath of the Russian airstrike on Nova Poshta in Kharkiv in the photos by Yakiv Liashenko and Olha Kovalova
On June 30, 2024, at around 16:30, Russian forces once again carried out an airstrike on Kharkiv. A guided aerial bomb flew approximately 80 kilometers and hit just a few meters from the Nova Poshta facility in the city’s Slobidskyi district.
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30.6.2024
“Workers were unloading parcels.” The aftermath of the Russian airstrike on Nova Poshta in Kharkiv in the photos by Yakiv Liashenko and Olha Kovalova
On June 30, 2024, at around 16:30, Russian forces once again carried out an airstrike on Kharkiv. A guided aerial bomb flew approximately 80 kilometers and hit just a few meters from the Nova Poshta facility in the city’s Slobidskyi district.
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27.6.2024
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Seven days and nights the fighting for “Almaz‑2” in Avdiivka continued. The aftermath of the battle in the photographs of documentarian Oleksandr Klymenko
On the morning of January 31, 2017, the Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured the militants’ stronghold “Almaz‑2” in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. The position was strategically important within the country’s overall defense system, as it allowed control over the Donetsk–Luhansk and Donetsk–Horlivka roads.
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27.6.2024
Seven days and nights the fighting for “Almaz‑2” in Avdiivka continued. The aftermath of the battle in the photographs of documentarian Oleksandr Klymenko
On the morning of January 31, 2017, the Armed Forces of Ukraine recaptured the militants’ stronghold “Almaz‑2” in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. The position was strategically important within the country’s overall defense system, as it allowed control over the Donetsk–Luhansk and Donetsk–Horlivka roads.
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27.6.2024
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Weary soldiers and a green corridor under fire. The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Debaltseve through the lens of Oleksandr Klymenko
The fighting in Debaltseve became one of the key events in the confrontation in Donbas. The most intense phase of the battle lasted from January 25 to February 18, 2015, involving massive artillery attacks, close‑range firefights with small arms, as well as street and tank battles. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers defended Debaltseve, facing an enemy force four times larger. The battles for the city and the operation to withdraw Ukrainian troops became some of the most tragic and large‑scale events of the entire ATO/JFO period.
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27.6.2024
Weary soldiers and a green corridor under fire. The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Debaltseve through the lens of Oleksandr Klymenko
The fighting in Debaltseve became one of the key events in the confrontation in Donbas. The most intense phase of the battle lasted from January 25 to February 18, 2015, involving massive artillery attacks, close‑range firefights with small arms, as well as street and tank battles. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers defended Debaltseve, facing an enemy force four times larger. The battles for the city and the operation to withdraw Ukrainian troops became some of the most tragic and large‑scale events of the entire ATO/JFO period.
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27.6.2024
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The hottest point on the map. The Avdiivka industrial zone in the photographs of documentarian Oleksandr Klymenko
On January 30, 2017, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the Avdiivka industrial zone, driving out the Russian forces. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers is publishing images by photojournalist Oleksandr Klymenko, who documented the presence of Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka industrial zone.
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27.6.2024
The hottest point on the map. The Avdiivka industrial zone in the photographs of documentarian Oleksandr Klymenko
On January 30, 2017, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the Avdiivka industrial zone, driving out the Russian forces. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers is publishing images by photojournalist Oleksandr Klymenko, who documented the presence of Ukrainian troops in the Avdiivka industrial zone.
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26.6.2024
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An invisible profession in a visible world. A conversation with Irina Gromotska and Danil Pavlov
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. About photo editing, the role of bill-editors in the media and the voices of Ukrainians in the international field, we talked with Danylo Pavlov and Irinka Gromodska.
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26.6.2024
An invisible profession in a visible world. A conversation with Irina Gromotska and Danil Pavlov
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians. About photo editing, the role of bill-editors in the media and the voices of Ukrainians in the international field, we talked with Danylo Pavlov and Irinka Gromodska.

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