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Strike on the Assumption Cathedral and the death of rescuers: the week’s main tragedies
On the night of June 15, Russian forces carried out a massive attack on Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv, using missiles and drones against residential buildings and historic landmarks. As a result of a targeted Russian strike, a large fire broke out on the roof of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. In Kharkiv, during the aftermath response, a repeated shelling claimed the lives of five rescuers and a civil protection specialist from the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration. The cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk remain under daily enemy fire, while this week Russian aviation also terrorized Kharkiv and Sumy. Animals suffered from Russian aggression as well — the enemy shelled a zoo in Kharkiv and an equestrian school in Sumy region.
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Strike on the Assumption Cathedral and the death of rescuers: the week’s main tragedies
On the night of June 15, Russian forces carried out a massive attack on Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv, using missiles and drones against residential buildings and historic landmarks. As a result of a targeted Russian strike, a large fire broke out on the roof of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. In Kharkiv, during the aftermath response, a repeated shelling claimed the lives of five rescuers and a civil protection specialist from the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration. The cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk remain under daily enemy fire, while this week Russian aviation also terrorized Kharkiv and Sumy. Animals suffered from Russian aggression as well — the enemy shelled a zoo in Kharkiv and an equestrian school in Sumy region.
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Death of a pregnant woman, two railway workers, and an energy specialist: overview of enemy attacks on Ukraine over the past seven days
During the week, the enemy carried out massive drone strikes on Kharkiv, launched deadly attacks on Chuhuiv and Zaporizhzhia, and shelled Sumy with artillery. In Sloviansk, a FAB hit near the maternity hospital; although no one in the hospital was injured, this strike forced the decision to close the obstetrics department — the last one still operating in Donetsk region. Across Ukraine, energy facilities, railway infrastructure, and vessels in the Black Sea came under attack. Due to enemy shelling while performing their duties, an energy worker in Kherson and two railway employees in Sumy region were killed.
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The struggle for truth in Kherson: how media professionals resist Russian propaganda under drone terror
“Ukraine is turning Kherson into a military zone,” “residents live under constant pressure and fear” — this is reported with ostentatious concern by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, quoting the so‑called governor of Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo. Collaborator Saldo chose to cooperate with the Russian authorities and headed the occupied Kherson region; he is the main mouthpiece of enemy propaganda in the region.
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Consequences of the latest Russian attacks — in reports from Odesa, Kherson, Dnipro, and Kyiv
In the capital, the aftermath of a massive missile‑drone attack is still being eliminated; it claimed the lives of seven civilians and caused destruction and fires. The city of Dnipro suffered a brutal strike, with 16 civilians killed; the enemy attacked the city and district again on the very day of mourning. In Donetsk region, new airstrikes on Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka brought more deaths. Occupiers shelled Kherson daily with artillery and drones, as well as remotely mined territories. Regional centers and communities in frontline and border areas also suffered.
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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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12.1.2024
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The most difficult winter. Sergey Korovayny's photographs of darkness and light in Ukrainian cities
On October 10, 2022, the Russian military began massively shelling the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. In November, there was a blackout when all power units in Ukrainian-controlled nuclear power plants were cut off. Thus began the most difficult winter in the history of independent Ukraine.
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12.1.2024
The most difficult winter. Sergey Korovayny's photographs of darkness and light in Ukrainian cities
On October 10, 2022, the Russian military began massively shelling the energy infrastructure of Ukraine. In November, there was a blackout when all power units in Ukrainian-controlled nuclear power plants were cut off. Thus began the most difficult winter in the history of independent Ukraine.
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12.1.2024
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Dangerous “flowers.” The work of artillerymen on the eve of the liberation of Kherson in photographs by Vyacheslav Ratynsky
Armed forces of Ukraine recaptured the city of Kherson, districts of the Kherson region and parts of the Nikolaev area in November 2022. The events were the result of the southern counteroffensive of Ukraine, which took place thanks to the titanic work of the Ukrainian military.
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12.1.2024
Dangerous “flowers.” The work of artillerymen on the eve of the liberation of Kherson in photographs by Vyacheslav Ratynsky
Armed forces of Ukraine recaptured the city of Kherson, districts of the Kherson region and parts of the Nikolaev area in November 2022. The events were the result of the southern counteroffensive of Ukraine, which took place thanks to the titanic work of the Ukrainian military.
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11.1.2024
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Fragments of life. The aftermath of the shelling of a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia in photographs by Serhiy Korovayny
On the morning of September 30, 2022, the Russian military launched missile strikes on Zaporizhia. They fired on a humanitarian convoy on the outskirts of the city. As a result of the rocket attack, 32 people were killed and more than 80 were injured. Among the dead are two children. The shelling took place on the day when Russia announced the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular parts of the Zaporizhzhya region.
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11.1.2024
Fragments of life. The aftermath of the shelling of a humanitarian convoy in Zaporizhzhia in photographs by Serhiy Korovayny
On the morning of September 30, 2022, the Russian military launched missile strikes on Zaporizhia. They fired on a humanitarian convoy on the outskirts of the city. As a result of the rocket attack, 32 people were killed and more than 80 were injured. Among the dead are two children. The shelling took place on the day when Russia announced the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular parts of the Zaporizhzhya region.
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11.1.2024
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Russians hit hotel in Kharkiv with S-300 missiles: 13 injured, including two foreign journalists. Photoreport
Damaged hotel and smashed cars. Kharkiv suffers almost daily from Russian attacks with S-300 missiles. During January, the Russian military targeted the building where foreign journalists lived for the second time.
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11.1.2024
Russians hit hotel in Kharkiv with S-300 missiles: 13 injured, including two foreign journalists. Photoreport
Damaged hotel and smashed cars. Kharkiv suffers almost daily from Russian attacks with S-300 missiles. During January, the Russian military targeted the building where foreign journalists lived for the second time.
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10.1.2024
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PEACE AND QUIET. Documentary project by Georgy Ivanchenko
Ukrainian documentary filmmaker and member of the Association from the first months of the invasion began filming for Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency. Starting from Borodyanshchyna, where Georgy was born, continuing his journey through the front line: Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Kherson region, now his attention was concentrated on Donetsk region. The turning point in his photography was that he lived in Bakhmut for almost a month.
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10.1.2024
PEACE AND QUIET. Documentary project by Georgy Ivanchenko
Ukrainian documentary filmmaker and member of the Association from the first months of the invasion began filming for Associated Press and European Pressphoto Agency. Starting from Borodyanshchyna, where Georgy was born, continuing his journey through the front line: Mykolaiv, Kharkiv region, Kherson region, now his attention was concentrated on Donetsk region. The turning point in his photography was that he lived in Bakhmut for almost a month.
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10.1.2024
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A lie in a photograph lasts an hour, but the truth, though perhaps not as beautiful, lasts forever. A conversation with Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians, for whom shooting in the open sky, during explosions, has become familiar. This time we talked with Maryan Kushnir, Andriy Dubchak and Serhiy Nuzhnenko about the face of war, front-line reports and the transformation of everyone's personal optics over these 10 years.
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10.1.2024
A lie in a photograph lasts an hour, but the truth, though perhaps not as beautiful, lasts forever. A conversation with Ukrainian documentary filmmakers
We continue with a series of interviews with professional Ukrainian documentarians, for whom shooting in the open sky, during explosions, has become familiar. This time we talked with Maryan Kushnir, Andriy Dubchak and Serhiy Nuzhnenko about the face of war, front-line reports and the transformation of everyone's personal optics over these 10 years.

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