On 3 March 2022, Russian troops began aerial bombardments of Chernihiv. It was the 9th day of the full-scale war as well as one of the first massive aviation attacks of the Kremlin against Ukrainian cities, which resulted in at least 47 deaths. Later on, the Russians would repeat the above-mentioned tactic against Odesa, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, and Vinnytsia.
On that day, 3 March, the civilian residents of the city were standing in queues for medications, food, attempting to survive in an encircled city. These are their personal stories. The Hrytsyk family who lost two people closest to them. Halyna Pisnia who was dragged out of the rubble of her first home, the place that's been a dream of hers for a long time. Maryna Yeshchenko who was forced to flee her home again, just like she had to leave Prypiat back in 1986. This story is about the film that shows how one single bombardment can affect the life of an ordinary person.
Director: Oksana Karpovych
Journalist: Vira Kuryko
Director of Photography: Vadym Ilkov
Editor: Taras Spivak
Producer: Lyuba Knorozok
Editors: Nataliya Gumenyuk, Angelina Kariakina
The film was created by the Public Interest Journalism Lab within the framework of The Reckoning Project with the support of IWRP.
The Reckoning Project ("The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies") is a multi-national group of journalists, researchers, and lawyers who collect evidence of war crimes in Ukraine.
www.thereckoningproject.com/