A journey through Ukraine that reveals the banality of evil behind the Russian invasion with the shocking juxtaposition of two realities: the Ukrainians who have been suffering and resisting the war violence, and the Russian military, and civilians, who have been perpetrating it.
Editing
Juxtaposition of Russian banality against Ukrainian devastation is surgical.
Sound
Those phone calls. You'll never forget the casual cruelty in their voices.
Director
Oksana Karpovych
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is part of a wave of Ukrainian documentary-as-resistance, where filmmakers weaponize transparency against Russian disinformation campaigns.
The intercepted calls were publicly released by Ukrainian intelligence—Karpovych treats them as found artifacts of atrocity, not espionage entertainment.
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