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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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4.6.2024
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More than 100 Ukrainian and foreign journalists have been held in Russian captivity since 2014, — IMI
On Journalist’s Day, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers honors the memory of all media workers who have been killed in the Russian‑Ukrainian war, and also remembers colleagues who are being held illegally in enemy captivity.
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4.6.2024
More than 100 Ukrainian and foreign journalists have been held in Russian captivity since 2014, — IMI
On Journalist’s Day, the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers honors the memory of all media workers who have been killed in the Russian‑Ukrainian war, and also remembers colleagues who are being held illegally in enemy captivity.
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29.5.2024
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The love for black‑and‑white film photography of Kharkiv photographer Vladyslav Krasnoshchok
To shoot, develop, print, and scan — this is the full journey that the film photographs of Kharkiv artist, photographer, and doctor Vladyslav Krasnoshchok go through. He documents the Russian‑Ukrainian war, its consequences, its tragedies, and its heroes on black‑and‑white film. We speak with Vladyslav about these images, their meaning, and his approach to work.
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29.5.2024
The love for black‑and‑white film photography of Kharkiv photographer Vladyslav Krasnoshchok
To shoot, develop, print, and scan — this is the full journey that the film photographs of Kharkiv artist, photographer, and doctor Vladyslav Krasnoshchok go through. He documents the Russian‑Ukrainian war, its consequences, its tragedies, and its heroes on black‑and‑white film. We speak with Vladyslav about these images, their meaning, and his approach to work.
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28.5.2024
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Freedom is an endeavor. A conversation with Alexander Glyadelov
Today's guest was Oleksandr Gladylov, a Ukrainian documentary photographer, photojournalist who covered the war conflicts in Moldova, Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, South Sudan and Ukraine.
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28.5.2024
Freedom is an endeavor. A conversation with Alexander Glyadelov
Today's guest was Oleksandr Gladylov, a Ukrainian documentary photographer, photojournalist who covered the war conflicts in Moldova, Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, South Sudan and Ukraine.
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25.5.2024
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The epicenter of tragedy and pain in Kharkiv after enemy air‑dropped bombs hit the hypermarket — as seen through the lenses of documentary photographers
A massive fire, a column of black smoke rising above the city, and the bodies of killed Kharkiv residents lying in the parking lot — these are the consequences of yet another Russian crime against civilians. Today, 25 May, at 16:02, Russian forces struck the “Epicentr” hypermarket in Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The number of dead and wounded is increasing by the hour.
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25.5.2024
The epicenter of tragedy and pain in Kharkiv after enemy air‑dropped bombs hit the hypermarket — as seen through the lenses of documentary photographers
A massive fire, a column of black smoke rising above the city, and the bodies of killed Kharkiv residents lying in the parking lot — these are the consequences of yet another Russian crime against civilians. Today, 25 May, at 16:02, Russian forces struck the “Epicentr” hypermarket in Kharkiv with aerial bombs. The number of dead and wounded is increasing by the hour.
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23.5.2024
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Bodies of the dead among burned books. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a printing house in Kharkiv in the photographs of Oleksandr Mahula
On 23 May 2024, Russian forces carried out ten strikes on Kharkiv. Powerful explosions were heard across the city. Today, the enemy targeted a printing house and transport infrastructure. According to preliminary information, the attack was carried out with S‑300 missiles. Impacts were recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts.
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23.5.2024
Bodies of the dead among burned books. The aftermath of the Russian strike on a printing house in Kharkiv in the photographs of Oleksandr Mahula
On 23 May 2024, Russian forces carried out ten strikes on Kharkiv. Powerful explosions were heard across the city. Today, the enemy targeted a printing house and transport infrastructure. According to preliminary information, the attack was carried out with S‑300 missiles. Impacts were recorded in the Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts.
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22.5.2024
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Ruins and blood after the strike in Kharkiv. Documentary photographs by Georhii Ivanchenko and Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov
Damaged apartment blocks, a shattered tram and trolleybus, burned‑out cars, wounded and frightened people — these are the consequences of the Russian strike on Kharkiv with UMPB D‑30 munitions. The explosion occurred in the city on 22 May 2024. Once again, the enemy hit residential districts — Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi — from the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.
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22.5.2024
Ruins and blood after the strike in Kharkiv. Documentary photographs by Georhii Ivanchenko and Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov
Damaged apartment blocks, a shattered tram and trolleybus, burned‑out cars, wounded and frightened people — these are the consequences of the Russian strike on Kharkiv with UMPB D‑30 munitions. The explosion occurred in the city on 22 May 2024. Once again, the enemy hit residential districts — Shevchenkivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi — from the territory of Russia’s Belgorod region.

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