A story about the victims of the accident at the Zasyadko mine, November 18, 2007.

The video shows the administrative building of the mine, the miners in the hospital, comments from the injured Vitaliy Kvitkovsky and the miner's wife Nataliya Piskun. Speech of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. 

Accident at Zasyadka mine: victims

The story about the funeral of the miners who died as a result of the tragedy at the Zasyadka mine, November 20, 2007.

On the video: Shcheglovsky cemetery in Donetsk, funeral, relatives of the dead, miners on the territory of the Zasyadka mine, people's comments. Speech of mine manager Yukhym Zvyagilskyi and head of coal industry workers' union Viktor Turmanov.

Funeral of miners

The city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, September 2, 2024. 

In the video: evacuation of the monument to Mykola Leontovych, commentary by Marharyta Idrisova, deputy head of the Pokrovsk military administration, on preserving historical heritage.

Evacuation of the monument to Mykola Leontovych

December 19, 2004, a story about Viktor Yanukovych's election visit to Donetsk.

The video shows Yanukovych supporters with flags and posters at night, Viktor Yanukovych speaking on stage to voters, carrying an icon of St. Nicholas, politicians kissing the icon, and people giving comments.

Rally of Yanukovych supporters in Donetsk

November 7, 1995. Communist supporters in Donetsk celebrate the 75th anniversary of the October Revolution.

The video shows a solemn procession through the street, people with red flags and posters, police officers, people chanting “Hurray”.

Demonstration of communists in Donetsk

A story about the re-equipment of mines in the Donetsk region. In the video: coal mining, carts with coal. Commentary of "Party of Regions" deputy Valery Konovalyuk.

Re-equipment of mines, 2003

Donetsk, October 31, 2003.

This is the story about the congress of the party "Our Ukraine" with the participation of the candidate for the post of president of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. The video shows demonstrators, people, posters, cars, a convention in the "Yunist" palace, and a blitz survey of demonstrators.

Congress of the party "Our Ukraine" in Donetsk

Vuhledar, December 9, 2004. Pivdenodonbaska No. 1 mine.

The video shows an emergency bus, miners, the mine territory, miners with equipment getting into an elevator, miners near the bus.

Pivdenodonbaska No. 1 Mine

Donetsk, 2002.

The story concerns granting special economic zones to the Donetsk region and introducing a special regime of investment activity in its territories of priority development. Comments: Viktor Yanukovych, head of the Donetsk Regional Council; chairman of the board and president of the All-Ukrainian Foundation for the Promotion of International Communication "Ukrainian People's Embassy"— Ihor Prystavskyi.

Provision of special economic zones to Donetsk region

The story about "Enakiiv Metallurgical Plant". In the video: the process of pouring steel. Comments: Yuriy Orobtsev, Technical Director of "Yenakiev Metallurgical Plant"; Prime Minister of Ukraine — Viktor Yanukovych.

Yenakiiv Metallurgical Plant, 2003

This is a plot about low-quality food products. In the video, a resident of Donetsk, Olena Bbylikova, talks about buying spoiled sausage and trying to protect her consumer rights.

Commentary of the Deputy Head of the Donetsk Regional Department of Consumer Protection — Lada Levchuk.

Spoiled products: Donetsk

Donetsk region, Kramatorsk. Commemoration of those killed in the Ilovai boiler, August 29, 2017.

On the video: a monument to Taras Shevchenko, relatives of the victims, a banner with the inscription "Always with us". Comments: Iryna Sydorenko, the coordinator of the "Kramatorski bees" volunteer movement, Victoria Lytvynenko, the daughter of a soldier who died in the Ilovai Cauldron, and Andriy Polyakov, an ex-fighter of the "Donbas" battalion.

Reference: on August 29, 2019, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on commemorating the Day of Remembrance of defenders of Ukraine, who gave their lives for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state. The date was chosen to commemorate the greatest losses of the Ukrainian army in Donbas, which occurred during the withdrawal from the encirclement in Ilovaisk on August 29, 2014. The official symbol of this day is a yellow-hot sunflower, which represents mourning for fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas.