Interview with Ostap "Ostapchyk" Shved, a soldier of the 12th "Azov" brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, July 26, 2024.

It tells about the full-scale invasion, the defense of Mariupol, the capture, torture, the terrorist attack in Olenivka, the wounded comrades, the fighters of the "DPR" and the Russian military, the exchange and return to the army.

Reference: Ostap "Ostapchyk" Shved is a scout of the 12th "Azov" brigade of NSU. He was born on May 29, 1993 in the city of Stryi, Lviv region. Graduated from the National Pharmaceutical University in Kharkiv, majoring in clinical pharmacist. Until 2015, he was a student, worked as a doctor in a hospital, engaged in boxing and wrestling. From January 26, 2015, he was a soldier of "Azov", a participant in the Pavlopil-Shyroky offensive operation, a defender of Mariupol, decapitated.

Azovets "Ostapchyk" about the terrorist attack in Olenivka

July 20, 2018, Luhansk region.

The plot is dedicated to the third anniversary of the death of Major General Oleksandr Radievskyi, who liberated Sievierodonetsk (since 2024 - Siverskodonetsk) and was killed during the battle for Lysychansk. Footage from the day Sievierodonetsk was liberated, the place where Radiyevsky was killed, a monument to the major general in the city, and a journalist's stand-up routine.

Comments: Colonel of the National Guard Oleksandr Piskun; Olga Korelska, a resident of Lysychansk; Olena Kuchynska, a resident of Sievierodonetsk; Oleksandr Dotsenko, a soldier; Serhiy Molchanov, a resident of Sievierodonetsk.

Reference: Oleksandr Radiyevskyi was a Ukrainian soldier, colonel of the National Guard, ATO participant who commanded the liberation of Sloviansk, Mykolaivka, and Sievierodonetsk. He was killed on July 23, 2014 near Lysychansk in an ambush. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major General.

Major General Oleksandr Radievskyi

August 20, 2014, Sievierodonetsk (Siverskodonetsk).

A plot about life in the city a month after the de-occupation. A destroyed bridge with a checkpoint, graffiti “Luhansk Battalion-1”, archive footage from the day the city was liberated, locals meet Ukrainian soldiers, flowers and lamps near the portrait of the fallen Colonel Oleksandr Radievsky, Severodonetsk City Council, the aftermath of shelling, the Severodonetsk stele.

Comments: Sergiy Samarsky, a resident of the city, head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party in Sievierodonetsk (killed on November 2, 2017); Olena Hrynko, a resident of the city.

Reference: On July 22, 2014, Sievierodonetsk was liberated from pro-Russian militants. The liberation took place after fighting as part of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). The battle for Sievierodonetsk and the neighboring towns of Rubizhne and Lysychansk lasted from May to July 2014.

Sievierodonetsk after de-occupation

July 4, 2023, Kyiv.

The video shows the funeral of writer and public figure Victoria Amelina. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, a photo of the writer, the funeral service, people approaching the coffin with a flag, trembitas. Commentary: Vice President of PEN Ukraine Myroslava Barchuk; co-founder of the organization for documenting war crimes Roman Avramenko.

Reference: Victoria Amelina is a Ukrainian writer, winner of literary awards, author of the novels The November Syndrome and Home for the House. In September 2022, she found the hidden diary of the poet Volodymyr Vakulenko, who was killed by the occupiers, and joined in its publication. She died on July 1, 2023, as a result of injuries sustained during a rocket attack on Kramatorsk by Russian troops.

Funeral of Victoria Amelina

A news plot for July 12, 2014, is dedicated to the Russian shelling of Zelenopillya, which killed 36 Ukrainian servicemen.

In the video: Zelenopillya, Luhansk region, photos from the scene of the tragedy; border post.

Comments: Spokesperson for the NSDC Information Center Andriy Lysenko; Head of the Donetsk Regional Department of Information Policy Olena Malyutina; Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska; Chief of Staff of the ATO Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi.

Reference: The attack near Zelenopillya was a massive rocket and artillery strike on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service on July 11, 2014, carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation. The incident marked the first documented direct use of regular Russian troops against Ukrainian forces and marked a new phase of hostilities in eastern Ukraine. The attack killed at least 36 servicemen, including Colonel Igor Momot.

Attack near Zelenopillya, 2014

On the morning of July 8, 2024, explosions were heard in Kyiv as the Russian military once again attacked the capital with missiles. One of them damaged the toxicology department of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, and the intensive care unit, operating room, and oncology department were damaged. There are wounded and dead. 

The video shows search and rescue operations: the hospital territory, people, mothers with children, rescuers clearing the rubble, children, a damaged ambulance, mothers with children in the hospital shelter, rubble, bottles of drinking water, people helping to clear the rubble, humanitarian aid, damaged buildings of the Okhmatdyt.

Interviews: relatives of the children talk about the shelling, Viktor Lyashko, Minister of Health, Pavlo Petrov, spokesman for the Kyiv State Emergency Service, briefing by Viktor Lyashko and Ihor Klymenko, head of the National Police of Ukraine. 

“Okhmatdyt": Russian missile hits hospital

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

June 14, 2014, Luhansk.

The video shows the consequences of the accident caused by the shooting down of a Ukrainian Il-76 near the Luhansk sabotage group during landing at Luhansk airport.

Comment by ATO spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov.

Reference: On June 14, 2014, near Luhansk, pro-Russian militants shot down a Ukrainian military transport aircraft IL-76 from an anti-aircraft missile system. It was landing under the blockade of the airport. All 49 people on board were killed - 40 paratroopers of the 25th Brigade and 9 crew members. In 2017, the SBU established the involvement of mercenaries from the Wagner PMC and Major General Yevhen Nikiforov of the Russian Armed Forces as the coordinator of the attack. In 2021, three organizers of the terrorist attack - Igor Plotnytsky, Andriy Patrushev and Oleksandr Gureev - were sentenced to life in absentia. 

Il-76 plane crash in Luhansk

Sumy TV, 2025. The story of Kirill Ilyashenko, who rescued people from a broken bus during the shelling of the city on April 13. 

The video shows the aftermath of the shelling, the Sumy Regional Children's Clinical Hospital, the entrance, Kirill Ilyashenko on the street, people taking pictures with him, the boy's mother; the site of the enemy missile strike: a part of the Sumy State University building destroyed, a shot bus, burned cars, fallen trees, construction debris, tree branches, bodies of the dead. 

Interview: Maryna Ilyashenko, Kirill's mother, talks about her gratitude to her son for the rescue, the bus filled with passengers, her son's treatment, his success in education and sports; Kirill Ilyashenko, talks about himself, his studies, sports competitions and achievements, the explosions, the shelling, his injuries, the rescue of his mother and other passengers, the examination and help of doctors, the gratitude of his classmates for saving his family.

Reference: On April 13, 2025, the Russian army launched a missile attack on the center of Sumy, killing 35 people. Eighth-grader Kirill Ilyashenko, a student of Sumy School No. 4, was traveling with his mother to visit his grandmother when he was hit by a missile. The young man oriented himself in the situation, jumped out the window of the mangled bus and opened the door, saving his mother and the passengers who survived the explosion. Kirill himself was wounded by three pieces of shrapnel in the head and underwent surgery. He received the presidential award “The Future of Ukraine”. 

Kirill Ilyashenko: “The Future of Ukraine” 

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.

Residents of Kherson talk about how they struggle with the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP

Kyiv, April 24-25, 2025. The consequences of the enemy's combined attack on the capital of Ukraine.

In the video: night, Svyatoshynskyi district, ambulances, medics providing assistance, search and rescue operation, destroyed houses, damaged cars, morning, rescuers clearing the rubble, local residents near the house, evening, rubble removal continues, aid station with food and tea, people bringing flowers and toys to the site of the hit.

Reference: On April 24, at night, Russians attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones. Destruction was recorded in five districts of the capital. The largest was in Sviatoshynskyi district. In the evening, rescuers pulled the bodies of four dead people, including a 17-year-old teenager, from the rubble of a house. Search and rescue operations in Sviatoshynskyi district were completed the next morning. People brought flowers and toys in memory of the victims.

On April 28, it became known that the death toll had risen to 13 people. A 45-year-old man died in the hospital from burns as a result of the Russian strike. 90 people were injured, including 12 children under the age of 18. 106 buildings were damaged, including 84 residential buildings.

Russia's combined attack on Kyiv on April 24, 2025

Kryvyi Rih, March 6, 2025. The aftermath of a rocket attack on a hotel in the city. 

In the video: destroyed hotel and restaurant, British volunteer Karol Sviatskyi, damaged houses, photo of a child, dog handlers and rescuers, cleaning up the aftermath, search and rescue operation, damaged houses, room with broken windows, people covering the window with film, hotel room, broken cars, doctors providing assistance. 

Interview: Larysa Borysenko, founder of the Pavlohrad dog search and rescue unit Antares; Yevhen Sytnychenko, head of the Kryvyi Rih district administration; local residents Stanislav, Olena, Andriy and Valentyna. 

Reference: On the evening of March 5, Russian troops fired a missile at a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, causing a fire. The attack killed four people and injured 32. Also damaged were 14 apartment buildings, a post office, almost two dozen cars, a cultural institution and 12 shops. 

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