January 11, 2005, Zhytomyr.

In the video: airmobile battalion, interview with a servicewoman; 13th separate airborne assault battalion, formation; servicemen of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade of Polissya, servicemen look at photos, share memories of the dead; show personal belongings of the deceased captain Valeriy Brazhevsky; filming on the territory of the military unit, various shots.

Reference: On January 9, 2005, near the city of Essaouira (Iraq) during a joint operation of the Iraqi police and multinational forces, an explosion occurred, as a result of which eight Ukrainian peacekeepers died, among them servicemen of the 95th separate airborne brigade. The explosion occurred during the neutralization of aerial bombs and was carried out by a third-party electronic device. All the dead were posthumously awarded the Order of Courage, 1st degree.

Ukrainian peacekeepers: memories of the dead

On the video of the celebration of the 67th birthday of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma in Crimea on August 9, 2005. Officials near the Crimean residence. Leonid Kuchma together with Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Medvedchuk gives flowers to the birthday boy.
Leonid Kuchma is fishing with Vladimir Putin, women greet them with flowers.
There is a comment by political scientist Viktor Nebozhenko.

Leonid Kuchma: birthday celebration

2 May 2008, Kyiv.

A plot about problems in the work of the media. Press conference of the Institute of Mass Information, representatives of the IMI. Comments: IMI Executive Director Viktoria Syumar on the situation; IMI representative on those who are obstructing the work of the press.

Obstruction of media work, 2008

September 20, 2011, Kyiv.

In the video: veterans in camouflage and with medals hold banners under the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, various plans of the rally; various posters, among them — “Deputy! Is this how you protect the rights of veterans?”, “Vlado! We earned our benefits during the war. And you?”, “No to the shameful bill 9127”; stage, representatives of public organizations, speech by leaders of the Union of Veterans of the War in Afghanistan — All-Ukrainian public organization “Nobody but Us”; VRU, various plans.

Reference: On September 20, 2011 in Kyiv, veterans of the war in Afghanistan and liquidators of the Chernobyl accident held a mass protest action near the Verkhovna Rada against the government bill on restrictions on social benefits. After an attempt to break into the parliament building, a brief violent clash took place between protesters and the Berkut special forces. The parliament postponed consideration of the bill for further coordination with civil society organizations.

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan: protest action

July 19, 2005, Kyiv.

On the video: corridors of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, various shots; duty unit, serviceman takes a call, work of headquarters signalmen; special equipment of signalmen, excursion, officer talks about work; telephone operators at work, various angles of the work process.

Signal Corps Day: Special Equipment

14 August 2024, Dnipro.

The video shows Polovtsian women evacuated by the military from the combat zone. On the grounds of the Dmytro Yavornytskyi National Historical Museum in Dnipro, soldiers unload statues. Comments: Victoria Tochena, head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Donetsk Regional State Administration; Alexander Starik, acting director of the museum; servicemen of the 3rd OSBr: Alexander Alferov, Igor ‘Africa’ Klimovich, ‘Animator’.

Reference: Polovtsian babas are stone statues created by nomadic peoples, in particular the Polovtsians, who lived in the territory of modern Ukraine in the 9th–13th centuries. These sculptures usually depicted men or women holding ritual objects and were installed on burial mounds or places of worship. They are considered sacred monuments associated with beliefs about ancestors and the protection of territory.

The 3rd OSB saves the Polovtsian women

The plot for June 20, 2002 is dedicated to the preparation of Ukrainian peacekeepers for rotation in Congo.

In the video: servicemen on the march, different plans; hand-to-hand combat, training; training with the capture of a car; press conference, the features of training and service are discussed.

Training of Ukrainian peacekeepers

In the video, the international day of remembrance for the victims of shootings in Sandarmoh on August 5, 2008. The forest tract became the place of execution of the Solovetsky stage of 1937-1938. Among the victims of terror were Ukrainian artists, actors, writers, directors, and scientists.

They honored the memory of the victims with a procession with flowers and flags. The president of the Republic of Karelia spoke, people laid flowers at the monument to the fallen Ukrainians in Solovki. Address plans of Monastir prison.

День пам'яті жертв розстрілів у Сандармоху

2006, National Television Company of Ukraine. The program "Sandarmokh" is dedicated to honoring the memory of representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, shot in Solovki and Sandarmos.

On the video: screensavers, Solovetsky Islands, Spasovsky Stavropegial Solovetsky Monastery, archival newsreels, Sandarmokh forest tract, a procession in memory of the dead, the opening of the Cossack Cross, mass graves, Solovetsky Reserve.

Comments: Deputy Director of the Solovetsky Museum of the Reserve Oleg Volkov; Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Yuriy Shapoval; Head of the V. Stus Memorial Public Organization Les Tanyuk; Researcher Yuriy Dmitriev; Candidate of Historical Sciences, writer Vasyl Matonin; Lecturer in Ukrainian History at Rivne State University Vitaliy Porovchuk.

Authors: Oleksandr Ryabokrys, Andriy Danilchenko.

Victims of the Solovki and Sandarmokh terror

2016, National Television Company of Ukraine. The issue of the educational project "Public University" is dedicated to the topic "Shooted Revival: Valerian Pidmohylny".

In the video: screensavers, host Gennady Popenko, local historian and teacher Anton Mukhin gives a lecture.

"Public University": Valerian Pidmohylny

August 2, 2017, Kyiv.

The video shows the solemn events for the International Roma Holocaust Day in Babyn Yar. The "Roma Campervan" monument, a procession with lamps, laying flowers, representatives of diplomatic missions, a bonfire. Comments: theater actress Maryna Kravchuk; Kyiv resident, poet Rene Romani.

Reference: Roma Holocaust Day is celebrated all over the world. In 1944, on the night of August 3, the Nazis exterminated almost three thousand Roma near the Polish concentration camp "Auschwitz-Birkenau". Tens of thousands were also exterminated in Babyn Yar.

International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day

1997, Volyn Television. The program "On Makovia" from the "Folk Calendar" series is dedicated to the history of the origin and symbolism of the Orthodox holiday.

On the video: screensavers, interview with the methodologist of the ethnography and folklore department of the Volyn Center of Folk Art, member of the Writers' Union of Ukraine — Serhiy Tsyurytsia, poppies, natural landscapes, Lutsk, Old Town, vegetables, fruits.

Author: Halyna Kazhan.

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