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Маріуполь після ДНР) is a short documentary produced by Public TV of Azov and released on 13 June 2015 - one year after Mariupol was recaptured by the Ukrainian government from pro-Russian separatist of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. The film describes the events that took place in the port city of Mariupol in south ...
The film is based on a true story from the German occupation of the Channel Islands, about a Jersey woman named Louisa Gould (played by Seagrove), who takes in an escaped young Russian war prisoner (played by Kostov).
The 9th Company (Russian: 9 рота, romanized: 9 rota) is a 2005 Russian war film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and set during the Soviet–Afghan War.The film is loosely based on a real-life battle that took place at Hill 3234 in early 1988, during Operation Magistral, the last large-scale Soviet military operation in Afghanistan.
Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), [nb 1] were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They were under the overall control of the Russian Federation. [5] They were also referred to as Russian proxy ...
The film is set during and based upon the events of the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport of the Donbas war. [1] Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers had held the airport for four months since an earlier battle, [2] while surrounded by pro-Russian forces associated with the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). [3] [a]
The Prisoner in the Caucasus was originally a more pro-Russian story. Bodrov, in adapting the original narrative for the movie, sought to make it more universal and appealing to a broader audience. Bodrov was inspired by the story since childhood and aimed to add depth by focusing more on a second soldier, a character less emphasized in the ...
East/West (French: Est-Ouest; Russian: Восток-Запад, romanized: Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Clashes between government forces and pro-Russian groups escalated in early May when the city administration building was briefly retaken by the Ukrainian National Guard. The pro-Russian forces quickly took the building back. [153] Militants then launched an attack on a local police station, leading the Ukrainian government to send in military ...