October 4, 2002, Kyiv. 

The plot is dedicated to the congress of UPA veterans and the celebrations for the Day of the UPA. 

In the video: a memorial service in the Volodymyr Cathedral, women holding an icon of the Virgin Mary; a monument to Taras Shevchenko, a ceremonial laying of flowers; UPA veterans at the liturgy. 

UPA veterans Semen Soroka and Volodymyr Palyushok comments. 

Congress of UPA veterans in Kyiv 

Kyiv, January 15, 2019.

The video features an interview with Mykhailo Lupeiko, call sign “Angel” - a soldier, “cyborg” - defender of the Donetsk airport. He talks about joining the Right Sector and the armed forces, conditions and injuries at the Donetsk airport, battles for Pisky, his comrades, fear, leg injuries, meeting the enemy, conducting patriotic education for children, and the state of the army.

A defender of Donetsk airport: Mykhailo “Angel” Lupeiko

Kyiv, National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, January 20, 2020.

A meeting of “cyborgs” on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Donetsk Airport. 

In the video: The Ministry of Defense, a rally to commemorate the fallen defenders, soldiers with photos of the fallen defenders, a minute of silence, a bell of remembrance, laying flowers, participants singing the anthem, the vocalist of the band “Sabre” performing the song “Son”.

The event was attended by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, First Lady Maryna Poroshenko, families of the fallen soldiers, the leadership of the state and defense ministry, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, representatives of the public, soldiers of the Kyiv garrison, and others. 

Speeches by: President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko; sister of the fallen airport defender (Senior Lieutenant Ivan Zubkov) Iryna Zubkova; Ukrainian theater and film actress Ada Rogovtseva.

Memorial Day for the defenders of Donetsk airport 

Kyiv, National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, January 20, 2020.

A meeting of “cyborgs” on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Donetsk Airport. 

In the video: the museum's memorial complex, exhibits from the DAP and personal belongings of the defenders, installations, a concert program for the military, and the sculpture “Motherland”. Speech by the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 80th Airmobile Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Valeriy Kurko.

Comments: DAP defender; soldier of the 8th company of the 3rd battalion of the 80th airmobile brigade Yaroslav “Patriot” Bilous; former commander of the 8th airborne company of the 3rd battalion of the 80th airmobile brigade, retired captain Oleksandr Skyba; children of the defenders and schoolchildren.


Meeting of “cyborgs” on Memorial Day

A story about the new Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, January 30, 2004.

On the video: children on a playground, a hospital, negotiations between the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and the Head of the State Committee for Family and Youth Affairs of Ukraine Valentyna Dovzhenko, folder "State Report on the Situation of Children in 2002".

New Ministry of Ukraine for Family, Youth and Sports

Riga, April 27, 1998. A story about a Ukrainian high school in Latvia.

In the video: city streets, Ukrainian school, children, classrooms, dancing, assembly hall. Comments: Latvian language teacher Yuriy Sablovsky, rector of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ Father Amvrosy, school principal Lydia Kravchenko.

Ukrainian school in Latvia

Kyiv region, Boryspil International Airport, January 20, 2020.

The video shows the commemoration of the fallen “cyborgs” during the defense of Donetsk airport. The National Presidential Orchestra and the choir of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Armed Forces of Ukraine performed pieces including “Bells of War” by Borys Shkolovyi, “Dedication” by Roman Hryhoriv, and “Dance of the Knights” by Sergei Prokofiev, after whom the DAP was named. Symbolic bells made from 152-mm artillery shells that were used to fire at the DAP defenders.

Commentary: Chief Military Conductor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Head of the Military Music Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Dashkovsky.

Reference: The defense of Donetsk airport lasted 242 days: from May 26, 2014 to January 22, 2015. On January 20, 2015, the enemy blew up the airport terminal. On that day alone, 49 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. After that, the military leadership decided to withdraw Ukrainian soldiers, and on January 22, the last surviving defenders left the destroyed terminal.

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Commemorating the defenders of Donetsk airport

A story about the rally of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine against the torchlight procession of supporters of the Waffen SS division "Galicia", April 28, 2007.

In the video: supporters of the Natalia Vitrenko bloc, a monument to Taras Shevchenko; inscriptions on posters in Russian: "Let's protect the Motherland from fascism!", "Glory to the Soviet people - the victor of fascism!", "No - to the followers of the policemen and Bandera!" (the cartoon has the inscription "Heil NATO!"), "There is no statute of limitations for the crimes of the SS "Galicia", "Fascist bastards from the Ukrainian people".

Comments: the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine Natalia Vitrenko and participants in the rally.

Socialists' action against the SS "Galicia"

Kyiv, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, January 22, 2020.

A memorial service for the fallen “cyborg” soldiers at the Donetsk airport and all combatants. The service is conducted by the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv. 

Comment: “cyborg” (call sign ‘Spartan’) and the head of the NGO ‘Hearts of Cyborgs’ Anatoliy Svyryd (presents Epifaniy with the book ‘AD-242. A story of courage, brotherhood and self-sacrifice’).

Memorial service for the defenders of Donetsk airport

Kyiv, Hrushevskoho Street, Euromaidan, January 20, 2014. 

The video shows continuing clashes between Euromaidan participants and police and internal troops, barricades made of burnt vehicles, people in balaclavas, Berkut officers, dismantled pavement, protesters knocking on metal with sticks, the main entrance to the Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovsky damaged.

Commentary: Head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Serhiy Burlakov.

Background: On January 19, 2014, according to the BBC, several tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Kyiv to express their outrage at the “Laws on Dictatorship”. The peaceful rally turned into a confrontation with the police and internal troops.

Clashes on Hrushevsky Street

Brovary, Kyiv region, January 21, 2023.

Dmytro Serbin, a resident of Brovary, filmed a video of the moment shortly after the crash of the SES helicopter. 

The video shows footage of the fire, the damaged kindergarten, the view from the house opposite, rescuers, fire trucks carrying the bodies of the victims, and Dmytro Serbin's commentary.

Reference: On January 18, 2023, a SES helicopter crashed on the territory of a kindergarten in Brovary, Kyiv region. There were 10 people on board, including the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskyi, First Deputy Minister Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry Yuriy Lubkovych, their assistants, as well as 3 SES crew members.

Eyewitness of the plane crash in Brovary

November 2017, Kyiv. A story about the opening of the Ukrainian office of the David Lynch Foundation.

On the video: David Lynch enters the theater, says hello, press conference of the representatives of the charity foundation. Interview: Bob Roth, CEO of the Foundation; Viktor Matsyshyn, neurologist; David Lynch, director and founder of the Foundation.

Background: The David Lynch Foundation was founded by filmmaker David Lynch in 2005 to finance the teaching of transcendental meditation in educational institutions. Subsequently, the foundation has significantly expanded its scope of activities, helping such risk groups as war veterans, refugees, victims of domestic violence, the homeless, and prisoners. 

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