Dmytro Komarov's documentary project "Year. Kharkiv Region. Film 3".
In September 2022, Ukraine executed a meticulously planned military operation in the Kharkiv region, leading to the swift liberation of significant territory. What the Ukrainian military witnessed in the recently reclaimed territories left the entire world in astonishment. Russians were brutally massacring patriotic Ukrainians in their custody. Propaganda magazines and newspapers were imported en masse into the occupied towns and villages.
Kirill Budanov, the head of Defence Intelligence at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, revealed intricate details of how the Russians were establishing their occupation in Ukrainian cities. Oleksandr Kuts, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Region, shared with Dmytro Komarov the precise methods Russia used to influence the views of Ukrainians in the occupied territories.
How did the liberation of Balakleia unfold? What did the Ukrainian military encounter when they entered the newly freed town for the first time? What was life like for civilians in the occupied territories? How were collaborators apprehended? What strategies did the Russians employ to propagate a "Russian world" in Ukrainian towns and villages? How did the people endure the occupation, and what were their initial emotions upon liberation? This documentary project by Dmytro Komarov, titled "Year. Kharkiv Region," features historical footage of these events.
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