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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
11.6.2024
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10 photos of May: a selection of key photos of the month from UAPP and Ukraїner
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers in partnership with Ukraіner continues to share the key photos of the month related to the full-scale invasion.
Photo Stories
11.6.2024
10 photos of May: a selection of key photos of the month from UAPP and Ukraїner
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers in partnership with Ukraіner continues to share the key photos of the month related to the full-scale invasion.
News Stories
11.6.2024
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Teddy bears and broken sunflowers. The downed Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur flight in the photographs of Mstyslav Chernov
On 17 July 2014, a Boeing 777 passenger plane operating flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in eastern Ukraine. All passengers and crew — 298 people — were killed. In terms of casualties, the crash became the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Ukraine.
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11.6.2024
Teddy bears and broken sunflowers. The downed Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur flight in the photographs of Mstyslav Chernov
On 17 July 2014, a Boeing 777 passenger plane operating flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down in eastern Ukraine. All passengers and crew — 298 people — were killed. In terms of casualties, the crash became the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Ukraine.
News Stories
11.6.2024
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How Russians tried to justify the strike on the Kharkiv “Epicentr” on TikTok
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers continues its work on the section “Is it really so?”, where it will verify the authenticity of various cases of information manipulation by turning to primary sources and speaking with eyewitnesses.
News Stories
11.6.2024
How Russians tried to justify the strike on the Kharkiv “Epicentr” on TikTok
The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers continues its work on the section “Is it really so?”, where it will verify the authenticity of various cases of information manipulation by turning to primary sources and speaking with eyewitnesses.
News Stories
6.6.2024
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“From Vovchansk they make a second Bucha”. How Russian propagandists use photos of Ukrainian documentarians to cover up civilian killings in Volchansk
In the Russian‑Ukrainian war, photography is not only a valuable and truthful document of events, but also a weapon actively used for disinformation and distortion of facts. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers is launching a new section, “Is it really so?”, where it will verify the authenticity of various manipulations by referring to original sources.
News Stories
6.6.2024
“From Vovchansk they make a second Bucha”. How Russian propagandists use photos of Ukrainian documentarians to cover up civilian killings in Volchansk
In the Russian‑Ukrainian war, photography is not only a valuable and truthful document of events, but also a weapon actively used for disinformation and distortion of facts. The Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers is launching a new section, “Is it really so?”, where it will verify the authenticity of various manipulations by referring to original sources.
UAPP Projects
4.6.2024
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The language of photography
A social project implemented by the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) in educational and rehabilitation centers in Kharkiv and Kyiv for children with speech and hearing impairments.
UAPP Projects
4.6.2024
The language of photography
A social project implemented by the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) in educational and rehabilitation centers in Kharkiv and Kyiv for children with speech and hearing impairments.
UAPP Projects
4.6.2024
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Photo book “Independent. The history of modern Ukraine in photos by the best documentary photographers”
The photobook, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, was published with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Book Institute. It contains more than 140 unique documentary photographs from more than 60 Ukrainian photographers, arranged in chronological order, from the proclamation of Ukraine's independence to the present day.
UAPP Projects
4.6.2024
Photo book “Independent. The history of modern Ukraine in photos by the best documentary photographers”
The photobook, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, was published with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Book Institute. It contains more than 140 unique documentary photographs from more than 60 Ukrainian photographers, arranged in chronological order, from the proclamation of Ukraine's independence to the present day.

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