World Press Photo compared the pain of a girl from Kupyansk and a wounded “DPR” militant near Bakhmut. PHOTO

World Press Photo 2025 announced the winners of the photo contest, selecting the best, according to the jury, the works of photojournalists and documentary photographers. Among them are two pictures of German media covering the Russian-Ukrainian war,

The department noted that the organization's actions contradict the basic principles of professional journalism.

Pathetic: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized World Press Photo for a photo of a Ukrainian child and a Russian soldier. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine criticized World Press Photo for combining a photo of a Ukrainian child traumatized by the war with a Russian soldier. This is an example of false moral equivalence.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemned the awarding of a photo about the Russian occupier along with a photo of a war-wounded Ukrainian child at the World Press Photo contest. — Ukrinform.