Ukraine: The People's Fight (2023)

Ukraine: The People's Fight (2023). Ukraine: The People's Fight: Directed by Olly Lambert. Filmmaker Olly Lambert spends two months on Ukraine's southern frontline with volunteer special forces as they begin the push to capture Kherson. How are they winning the fight?

“I guess itu0026#39;s hard to make a good documentary, and geopolitics are complicated.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe footage is from Jun22, which is early on in the war.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was interesting to see the prevalence of drone usage in combat, but there was zero perspective. Iu0026#39;m not even sure we can call this propaganda, in the sense that the same documentary could have been made following russians.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe one interesting passage for me was a female ex school teacher now working in intelligence who subsequently joined the military outright: u0026quot;I didnu0026#39;t think that I could be so cruel, that iu0026#39;d be glad about someoneu0026#39;s death, but for us theyu0026#39;re not human. And when we hear that 20 have been killed, we say u0026quot;damn, not enoughu0026quot;u0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m not going to blame her, iu0026#39;m safe in another country. But in a way this glorifies war, and war without perspective but with drones and 20min of mortar footage looks a lot like a video game.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis documentary brings nothing valuable to make sense of this war.”