October 26, 2026, Ternopil. 

Alla and Anatoliy Onyshchenko, who left occupied Oleshki on September 15, 2026, talk about: life in a blockaded city, the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the mining of roads by the Russian military, hunting for people, being held hostage and living at gunpoint, lack of food, leaving the occupation, previous attempts to leave the city, and their feelings for those who remained.

Life in Oleshki and the exit from occupation: testimonies of residents

May 15, 2026. Exchange of prisoners of war. In the video: relatives await the released prisoners of war; photos and posters with the faces of the missing; ambulances; people chanting “Welcome home!”; the released prisoners walk by; people chanting “Welcome!” and calling out the names of their loved ones; handing out photos to the released prisoners; a man hugging a man released from captivity; a woman near the bus hugs her husband, who has been released from captivity; a brother hugs his brother, who has been released from captivity; buses carrying the released prisoners of war depart from the coordination center; relatives await the prisoners: photos, posters with the faces of the missing; people stand outside the building, waiting for their loved ones; on the building’s wall are photos of the prisoners.

Interviews: Serhiy Yeshchenko—brother of a released captive; Marina Pysanova—wife of a released infantryman; Lyubov Dzhugova—mother of a released Marine; Oleksandr—uncle of a released prisoner; Alisa—mother of Roman Yarzemsky, who is missing in action; Lyubov Chyzhevska—mother of Yevhen Chyzhevsky, who is missing in action; Lidiya Yanchevska—mother of Dmytro Yanchevsky, who is missing in action; Valentyna Pylypenko — mother of Oleksandr Pylypenko, who is missing in action; Alona Baklanova — sister of Oleg Yaroshenko, who is missing in action; Lyudmyla — mother-in-law of Aslan Ediev, who is missing in action.

Background: On May 15, 2026, Ukraine and Russia carried out a prisoner exchange. A total of 205 defenders returned to Ukraine. This was the first phase of a 1,000-for-1,000 exchange between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States. Among those released were privates, sergeants, and officers. Most of them had been held captive by Russia since 2022. They defended Ukraine in Mariupol and at Azovstal, as well as in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Kyiv regions, and at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

205 defenders have returned home: prisoner exchange

Kyiv, 2026. Darnytskyi District, aftermath of the shelling on May 14.

In the video: a search-and-rescue operation; a destroyed high-rise building, demolished balconies, intact cabinets with dishes, an open refrigerator with food in a destroyed apartment, debris being cleared, heavy equipment at work, utility workers on the scene, people standing around, waiting, talking, honoring the memory of the deceased, flowers, stuffed animals, photographs in albums; city and local officials, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko; utility workers cleaning up the aftermath, aid tents, people bringing flowers; inside the tent, people filling out forms and documents; arrival of a foreign delegation at the site of the shelling; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko.

Interviews: Pavlo Petrov, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service; local residents; Stanislav Svyryd, correspondent; Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs; Andriy Danik, head of the State Emergency Service.

Background: On May 14, Russia launched a massive strike on Kyiv. More than 40 people are known to have been injured. There have been fatalities and widespread destruction. In particular, the structure of a residential building was damaged in the Darnytskyi district of the capital. In addition, residential buildings, non-residential premises, a business center, a car dealership, garages, and vehicles were damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi, Pechersk, Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi, Obolonskyi, Solomianskyi, Desnianskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts.

Twenty-four people were killed, and several dozen were injured.

Kyiv: Drone and Rocket Attack

Lviv, 2026. The video shows Paton Street, the aftermath of the shelling: heavy equipment clearing debris, a Red Cross field hospital. Interviews: Maria and Volodymyr Senyutovych, first-floor residents; Yuriy Horoshchak, a local resident; Andriy Moskalenko, first deputy mayor of Lviv.

Background: On July 30, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive missile strike on Lviv. As a result of the shelling, residential buildings, a school, a kindergarten, and a library in the city were damaged. The buildings on Paton Street and Vyhovsky Street sustained the most damage. The mayor of Lviv stated that two buildings were hit directly. A search-and-rescue operation lasted more than 30 hours at the site of the strikes.

A 35-year-old man was killed, and 38 people were injured.

Shelling of Lviv: July 2026

Kyiv, 2026. In the video: the destroyed entrance to a high-rise building, search and rescue operations, clearing of debris, heavy equipment, a partially collapsed apartment building, shattered windows, ruined walls, rescuers throwing construction debris down, a votive lamp, a mother and child holding hands, people paying tribute to the victims, debris, an excavator loading rubble into a dump truck.

Background: On the night of July 1, the Russian army launched a combined attack on Kyiv. Russia deployed drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. Damage was reported in all districts of the city. The massive shelling on the night of July 2 caused fires and damage to residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, and other structures at 40 locations throughout the city.

Thirty-one people were killed, and more than a hundred were wounded.

Darnitskyi District of Kyiv: The Aftermath of the Shelling

May 24, 2023. Donetsk region. The video was shot in the direction of Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka. The soldiers of the 28th separate mechanized brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign make a sortie with a combat vehicle to a firing position and fire at the Russian infantry.

In the video: movement of a combat vehicle with the flag of Ukraine through fields and settlements, access to a forest strip and exit to a firing position. The crew fires from the combat vehicle, after which they return from the forest strip. The camera captures the ride inside the car, the control panel, the seat and the soft toy. Next — movement of the combat vehicle by road through fields, settlements and forest. In one of the settlements, a military man closes a combat vehicle, another military man gets inside and drives it to another place.

Journalist: Taras Ibrahimov.

Bakhmut direction: combat work of the 28th brigade

NSTU, 2018. The documentary film "08.2014. A Story of the Events in Ilovaisk" features testimonies from participants in the battles in Ilovaisk, their stories of joining the military, memories of the fallen soldiers shared by their loved ones, and footage and video clips that reconstruct the chronology of events in late August 2014 in the city of Donetsk and its surroundings.

On the video: opening scenes from the film; military decorations; photographs of soldiers and fallen heroes; military vehicles and troops on the move; heavy weaponry; the flag of russia; the flag of the so-called dnr; russian soldiers; captured russian soldiers; shelling; evacuation of the wounded; wrecked vehicles; a column of Ukrainian troops leaving Ilovaisk.

People featured in the video:  the mothers of the fallen heroes: Yevgenia (call sign “Red”) Kharchenko — Natalia Kharchenko; Oleksiy (call sign “Zmiy”) Goray — Nelya Goray; Maksym (call sign “Tracer”) Sukhenko — Nina Sukhenko; participants in the events: Serhiy “Klym” Klymenko (speaking in russian), a sniper in the sniper platoon of the Special Purpose Battalion of the Donbas Volunteer Battalion; scout Mykhailo “Koka” Kukharets; Ihor “Pianist” Mykhailyshyn, a grenade launcher operator; Hanna “Murka” Ilyushchenkova, a medic.

The following people worked on the film: Kateryna Feleniuk, Oleksii Muliavin, Oleh Chelakhov, Volodymyr Lykhodid, Yuliia Oher, Denys Yarovyi, Oleksii Muliavin, Yevheniia Melnyk, Tetiana Kyselchuk.

Special Project “Ilovaisk,” 2018

October 18, 2024, Donetsk region.

The video shows the work of the search squad "Platsdarm", a Ukrainian volunteer organization that has been engaged in the discovery, exhumation and evacuation of the bodies of fallen soldiers and civilians in the hottest spots of hostilities since 2014.

Interview with the head of the search group "Platsdarm" Oleksiy Yukov. A burnt field, a search operation, a car with signs: "Search for the Dead", "200", "Platsdarm"; bones and fragments of bodies, skulls, a fenced area, collecting fragments in a box.

Reference: Oleksiy Yukov is a Ukrainian volunteer, searcher and head of the search group "Platsdarm". For more than 20 years he has been engaged in the search and evacuation of the bodies of the dead: first soldiers of World War II, and since 2014 - fallen soldiers and civilians in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Died on August 5, 2026 while performing a search mission on the contact line.

Search squad "Bridgend"

The video shows the aftermath of the Russian shelling: a young man is watching; an emergency vehicle with its flashing lights on is driving by; the windows of the shopping arcades are boarded up; Obolon District, thick smoke in the sky; Pechersk District, the roof of the “Mystetskyi Arsenal” is on fire, the fire, firefighters putting out the flames; cordon tape, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, the Assumption Cathedral, firefighters extinguishing the flames, the cathedral’s charred facade, the shattered, charred roof, destruction, clergymen covering their faces from the smoke; Pecherskyi District, the “Art Arsenal” is on fire, fire, smoke, firefighters extinguishing the fire, flames on the roof; Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, the Assumption Cathedral, the cathedral’s damaged roof; firefighters entering the cathedral, the floor flooded with water, a clergyman carrying a coat rack, a woman in the cathedral near the candles, shards of glass on the carpet, debris from the roof. 

Interview: Ivan Verbytskyi, First Deputy Minister of Culture; Maksym Ostapenko, Director General of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve; a rescue worker; a priest. 

Background: A fire broke out on the grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of June 15. A Russian drone struck the roof of the Cathedral of the Dormition, damaging a large number of structures in the upper part of the building and several other structures on the reserve’s grounds. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a monument under enhanced protection under the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention.

In total, five people were killed and nearly ten others were injured as a result of this attack on Kyiv, including two children. 

Shelling of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: June 2026

February 16, 2023, Izmail, Odesa region.

Video interview with captured border guard Nikita Zhuryan from Zmiiniy Island. He talks about the beginning of the war, his captivity, his return home, his rehabilitation, and his return to service.

Snake Island: interview with a border guard

May 8, 2022, Severodonetsk (now Seversko-Donetsk), Luhansk region.

In the video: the arrival of a shell in the city, the "Severodonetsk" stele, the consequences of shelling on the streets, the city hospital, the consequences of shelling the hospital, locals and military people hiding from shelling in the corridors, the humanitarian aid headquarters, people in a bomb shelter.

Comments: hospital workers; head of the military administration of Severodonetsk Oleksandr Stryuk; volunteer; local residents.

Severodonetsk: life under shelling, 2022

2016, National Television Company of Ukraine. The documentary film "Breathe" is dedicated to the anniversary of the Il-76 tragedy near Luhansk, which killed 49 servicemen.

In the video: screensavers, comments from the relatives of the deceased paratroopers, photos of the deceased, Olga Belaya reads a poem-dedication to the crew commander - Oleksandr Belom, fragments of the court session in the Pavlohrad City District Court on December 17, 2015.

Reference: On June 14, 2014, during the war in eastern Ukraine near Luhansk, an Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down. As a result of the shelling by Russian militants from MANPADS during the landing approach, all 49 servicemen on board (9 crew members and 40 paratroopers of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade) were killed.

After this tragedy, a trial began for negligence of duty against Ukrainian General Viktor Nazarov. In 2017, he was convicted, but in 2021, the Supreme Court of Ukraine overturned the verdict and closed the proceedings due to the lack of elements of a crime.