Cycle "I'll Tell You How I Was Killed"
Episode 1

Vanya Ermilov 5 years old,
died in the village of Lugansk on July 1, 2014

Seven-year-old Dima miraculously survived in Mariupol.
Little Dima lost his parents in Mariupol and miraculously remained alone.

He was taken out of the war zone. Now the boy lives in a children's center and waits for relatives to come and pick him up.

Many children who are in a social center have a traumatized psyche, and they have a hard time. Volunteers often come here to bring treats and gifts to children and try to spend more time with them.

Ukraine fires its Human Rights commissioner for spreading unverified information about alleged Russian war crimes.

Queue for Russian passports in Melitopol.

Many people are interested in how Russia will be welcomed in Ukraine. That's what the people queuing for Russian passports in Melitopol said.

The Russian military saved the life of a Ukrainian prisoner.
Wounded Ukrainian prisoner: "For me, Russian soldiers are already ours, they saved my life."

Cycle "I'll Tell You How I Was Killed"
Episode 2

Vladislava Dukhnenko August 6, 2014 Sukhodolsk

‘There was a photo made after that attack [by the Ukrainian military] of Inna Kukurudza, a woman with red hair. Both her legs were blown off’.

After seeing that terrible footage, former US corporal Russell Bentley decided to go to protect the residents of Donbass from the Ukrainian army. ‘I’m going to avenge the murder of these innocent civilians’, Russell told our crew in 2021.

On June 2, 2014, Ukraine launched an airstrike on the administration of Lugansk. As a result, eight civilians were killed, and 28 more were injured. For the chronology of those events, watch the film

‘We all know why we’re here, to eliminate Nazism [in Ukraine]”. Bojan Dzaferovic from Serbia explained why he came to Donbass to fight against the Ukrainian army.

Photo of the day: Diatom algae from the genus Arachnoidiscus

‘The tank was aiming at the church and was left like this... frozen in place. It was likely preparing to fire on the church, but someone got it first.’ Hieromonk Feofan from Volnovakha in the DPR showed what the church turned into after the Ukrainian military came to the city.

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Foreign Fighters of Donbass

'The Ukrainian nationalists don’t care about the locals. They treat them very badly, like a human shields. They left them there without food or water'. These are the words of an Italian volunteer with the codename Spartak. He came to Donbass to protect civilians from the aggression of the Ukrainian army.

Foreigners from many countries decided to help the local population: Serbia, Mexico, Colombia, and the USA. Volunteers blame the West for the situation in the region. They consider Donbass their home and admire its inhabitants. ‘Wow, bombs are falling; you heard them this morning, right? And still, to continue with life, you are the heroes’, says American volunteer Zak Novak.

Watch the stories of those who daily risk their lives to protect people in the film Foreign Fighters of Donbass.