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"

July 21, 2021, Toretsk.

A report about the filming of the documentary "There Were 33" about the liberation of the city of Toretsk, Donetsk region, from Russian occupation forces. The filming site is located near the burned-out building of the former city council, servicemen on the site. Comments on the liberation of Toretsk and the film: Deputy Commander of Special Operations Forces Petro Yakimets; General Producer of the project Oleksandr Driz.

Toretsk: filming a film about the liberation of the city

March 7, 2015, Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region.

In the video: military deployment, army life, a soldier shows weapons, a "combat" Cossack, a field kitchen, a medical station.

Military unit in Kostyantynivka, 2015

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

July 27, 2020.

Story for the 6th anniversary of the battles for Savur-Mohyla in the Donetsk region. Memories of the participants. Comment by the head of the volunteer battalion "Crimea" Isa Akayev.

Reference: Savur-Mohyla is a mound and the highest point of the Donetsk ridge, located at the triple junction of the borders of the Donetsk, Luhansk regions and the state border of Ukraine with the Rostov region of the Russian Federation. During World War II and during the ATO, Savur-Mohyla was the scene of fierce battles. In 2014, it became a strategic height, which was defended for 12 days by a detachment under the command of Colonel Igor Gordiychuk. During the battles, the commander of the volunteer battalion "Temur" Timur Yuldashev died, and Gordiychuk himself was seriously injured. After the liberation of the territory, searchers found the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen, some of whom showed signs of brutal torture.

Saur Tomb: a history of assault and holding

November 8, 2014, Kyiv.

Video shows President Petro Poroshenko's visit to the hospital to award Colonel Ihor Hordiychuk the title of "Hero of Ukraine". Poroshenko is accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko and the Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak, presenting Ihor Hordiychuk with the "Golden Star" in the hospital ward, Poroshenko's speech.

Reference: Ihor Hordiychuk is a Ukrainian military man, Hero of Ukraine, Major General. In August 2014, while holding the rank of colonel, he led a combined detachment that defended the strategic height of Savur-Mohyla. While performing a combat mission, he was seriously wounded, and for his courage he was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Awarding of Hero of Ukraine Ihor Hordiychuk

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

Kremenchuk, Poltava region, June 27, 2022. The aftermath of Russia's rocket attack on the Amstor shopping and entertainment center.

The video shows a blocked road, fire trucks, broken windows in an apartment building, damaged window frames, glass on the sidewalk, broken windows in shops, firefighters extinguishing a fire in the destroyed Amstor, rescuers dismantling the rubble, search operations, police cars, burnt walls.

Consequences of the rocket attack on Amstor

2017, National Television Company of Ukraine. Documentary film "49" is a requiem film about 49 Ukrainian soldiers (25th separate airborne brigade and crew), who died on June 14, 2014 during landing at Luhansk airport, when Russian terrorists shot down an Il-76 plane. The story of the struggle of their relatives in search of the truth.

In the video: screensavers, the last negotiations of the crew of the downed Il-76 777 plane, memories of the defenders of Luhansk airport, archival footage of soldiers from the airport, fragments of the trial of the accused Major General Viktor Nazarov, testimonies of soldiers and relatives of the deceased.

Participants in the video: soldiers of the 1st tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Moruga and Andriy Ghyshpal; soldier of the 25th airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Bumazhenko; Colonel, commander of the Il-76 aircraft Dmitry Mymrikov; Head of the Military Expertise Department of the KNDISE Viktor Savechko; Major General, accused Viktor Nazarov; Head of the 1st Service of the ATC Headquarters at the SBU Andriy Kravchenko; Colonel General of the ATO Viktor Muzhenko; Colonel, Head of the General Planning Group at the ATO Headquarters Igor Prokhorenko; Colonel General, Acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Koval. Relatives of the deceased: Tetyana Kotova, Anatoliy Gorda, Tetyana Chymyrkova, Valentina Kovalchuk and others.

"49": the case of the downed Il-76 in Luhansk

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.

Il-76: tragedy near Luhansk, 2014

Consequences of blowing up the Kakhovskaya HPP. Stories of the Kherson people. Date of shooting 06/07/2023

Medical workers and residents of Kherson, Angelika and Volodymyr, talk about the consequences they faced immediately after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP, the speed of water rising in their neighborhood.

A resident of the Kherson region shows his flooded house. He tells about the first hours after the detonation, how everything was swept away by the rapid current: houses, trees. Shows the entire flooded area. He tells how he managed to save animals and documents.

In the video, flooded houses, a rapid current with mud. Flooded streets of Kherson. Rescuers on boats rescue animals. Many rescued animals. Rescuers with rescued elderly people.

Alla Mykhailivna, a resident of Kherson, and her son Yuriy (former ATO serviceman) talk about how they protect their house from looters, how they worry about a house that might collapse.