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[ Alexis Castillo ]My name is Alexis I'm Columbian, I was born in Colombia.
[ Zlatko Novkovic ]My codename is 'Spartacus' I'm from Italy.
[ Zak ]My real name is Zlatko, Zlatko Novkovic. I grew up in New York.
[ Bojan Dzaferovic ]My name is Bojan Dzaferovic. I'm from the Republic of Serbia.
[ Ignacio Ojeda ]My name is Ignacio Ojeda. I'm Mexican.
[ Bojan ]We all know why we're here, to eliminate Nazism.
[ Bojan ]Our grandfathers defeated Nazism,
and now their grandsons have to do it again.
[ Alexis ]They attacked Donbass, and Donbass defended itself.
[ Zak ]This would not have happened if NATO
and Biden didn’t push this agenda, this war.
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]This is my home now I can't just sit by and watch, waiting for it all to end.
[ Alexis ]Fascism and Nazism have no place anywhere in
the world. So wherever I go... I will fight against them.
FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF DONBASS
[ Bojan ]A house was shelled this morning, and it's
still burning It was shelled with a Grad system.
[ Bojan ]An old lady lived here, but she wasn't hurt. But as you see, her house is totally destroyed.
[ Bojan ]My name's Bojan Dzaferovic.
[ BOJAN DZAFEROVIC, VOLUNTEER, SERBIA ] I'm from the city of Sabac in the Serbian Republic.
[ Bojan ]I came here in January of 2015, when I found
out that a civil war had started against nationalists,
and that civilians had started an uprising because they didn't
want to side with them, like what happened to us back in 1999.
[ Bojan ]Remember the NATO bombing of Serbia, where more than 10,000 people perished? When more than
80,000 tons of aerial bombs fell on Serbian
land, most of which contained radioactive uranium
[ Bojan ]Well, we are in a school now This is what it looks like after the
Ukrainian Army was stationed Here. And now, they're shelling it.
[ Bojan ]This was their sleeping quarters. A math classroom, if I'm not mistaken.
[ Bojan ]We drove them out, thank God.
[ Bojan ]There was a direct hit...
on this classroom.
[ Bojan ]All you see is the aftermath of Ukrainian Army shelling.
[ Bojan ]We'll fix it up when it's all over.
[ Bojan ]What's this?
[ Bojan ]Here, they... look, 'Learn and Color'
[ Bojan ]They must color it in Broken equipment.
[ Bojan ] An American Hummer. - A Hummer!
[ Bojan ]A tripwire, a destroyed position.
[ Zak ]Here is ice cream, a cartridge...
[ Bojan ] a trumpet, a grenade - A grenade! A mine detonator.
[ Zak ]A pistol round, a grenade pin.
[ Bojan ]You choose an item that shouldn't be here.
[ Bojan ]I was wounded in 2017 in an industrial area in the town
of Avdeevka when Ukrainian forces launched an offensive.
[ Bojan ]They used a grenade launcher against us. My comrade, who was standing just two meters in front
of me, was killed by a small piece of shrapnel.
[ Bojan ]I was just badly wounded and took 12 pieces.
[ Correspondent ] Film that.
[ Correspondent ] It was hit by Ukrainians this morning.
[ Bojan ]There's a playground just there.
[ Bojan ]Imagine if, at the time, there'd been kids with their mums and dads.
[ Bojan ]Everyone's at risk, not just me, lots of foreigners
and locals. Even ordinary miners, there are
guys over 50, who, so to speak, left the mine
yesterday, and took up a gun to defend their homes.
[ Bojan ]If I was to go back to Serbia soon, under the law that our President
Vučić has passed, I could face between 10 and 25 years in prison.
[ Bojan ]A Ukrainian flag.
[ Bojan ]Now just...
a floor cloth. So dirty!
[ Bojan ]Phew!
[ Bojan ]We all know why we're here, to eliminate
Nazism. Our grandfathers defeated Nazism
in 1941-1945. They almost eradicated it
and now their grandsons have to do it again.
[ Bojan ]The locals' attitude to us has been really good
[ Bojan ]It works like this: if we have no
food or water, they bring us some.
[ Bojan ]It's a kind of mutual aid.
[ Bojan ]If we have no water, they bring water If we have bread or a ration pack,
even a tin of plain pâté, we either share it or just give it to them.
[ Bojan ]You have to move fast here...
if you want to get out in one piece...
because someone's always shooting.
[ Bojan ]This black earth you see is from mortar attacks
by Ukrainians, these are fresh.
[ GEO ]DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC ZAYTSEVO ADMINISTRATION GORLOVKA
[ Bojan ]We're in Zaytsevo Half of the village is ours, and half
is Ukrainian. All along the front, there's constant shelling.
[ Bojan ]There was a church here until it was shelled by the Ukrainian Army.
[ Bojan ]It was a beautiful church. Now, all that remains is ruins.
[ Bojan ]But we'll rebuild it.
[ Bojan ]God willing.
[ Bojan ] Hi! [ Old Lady ]Hello, hello!
[ Bojan ]May I come in?
[ Bojan ]How are you? How do you feel?
[ Old Lady ]I'm fine, doing OK, with God's help.
[ Old Lady ]They're 500m this way and 500m that
way Maybe 700, no more. We hear gunfire all the time.
[ Old Lady ]We crawl!
[ Old Lady ]We've forgotten how to walk.
[ Old Lady ]We're scared to go anywhere, you never know what will happen.
[ Old Lady ]And now, they've also learned to use drones!
[ Bojan ]They track and drop things?
[ Old Lady ]Yes. They watch all the time and don't care who or what. You walk and they chase you. Then you
quickly have to find a safe place to hide, so if there's a blast, not much shrapnel gets you.
[ Old Lady ]Everything's shattered there.
[ Old Lady ]I was sitting here, and a bullet hit over there.
[ Old Lady ]A shell blew out the windows It was an 80mm. Everything destroyed.
[ Old Lady ]The gate too, the shed collapsed when two 80mm shells landed. We're combat-trained.
[ Old Lady ]We know the sounds those things make, how they fly... and from where.
[ Bojan ]You have power?
[ Old Lady ]Yes! We didn't for 2 years, but it's back, weak, but here.
[ Bojan ] And water? [ Old Lady ] We have it, rationed, but here.
[ Bojan ]We've brought some medicine.
[ Old Lady ]What kind?
[ Bojan ] So! Paracetamol. [ Old Lady ] Paracetamol for colds, OK.
[ Bojan ] Ketanov. [ Old Lady ] A painkiller, good.
[ Bojan ] So, here we have... [ Old Lady ] Vitamins.
[ Bojan ] Vitamins. [ Old Lady ]Well, thank you.
[ Old Lady ]Everyone comes to me as if I'm
an ambulance! 'Aunt Tanya, give this, give that.
[ Old Lady ]This hurts, what do I take?' And I help. We share if we can. We must save them.
[ Old Lady ] Here's an Easter cake! [ Bojan ] Thanks!
[ Old Lady ] For the upcoming holiday. [ Bojan ] I'll take it to church to be blessed.
[ Old Lady ]As they say, we share what we have.
[ Old Lady ]Thanks and bless you!
[ Old Lady ]Godspeed! They say evacuate, but where to?
[ Old Lady ]Where? And why?
[ Old Lady ]I'm home!
[ Old Lady ]Yes? You want to go home too? [ Bojan ] For some time now.
[ Old Lady ]Visit more often, and return with victory!
[ Old Lady ]We'll lay a spread!
[ Old Lady ]We'll sing so loud we'll deafen the Ukrainians
[ Old Lady ]Bye, Godspeed! May angels watch over you!
A FAILED ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT AT THE ILLICH PLANT RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF 50 UKRAINIAN
SOLDIERS, WHILE 1,026 MEMBERS OF UKRAINE'S 36TH MARINE BRIGADE SURRENDERED, INCLUDING FOREIGN MERCENARIES.
[ Correspondent ] What does it mean? [ Aiden Aslin ]Ukrainian trident.
[ Correspondent ] Have you more?
[ Aiden ]Yeah. This is YPG. This is Kurdistan group in Syria, in Northern Syria.
[ Aiden ]I was there in 2015. ‘Happy Days’, it’s British military, like
slogan, quote. And this is just so people know, it’s like a military tattoo.
[ AIDEN ASLIN, MERCENARY, UK ] My name is Aidan Aslin. I am from
Great Britain. I flew to Ukraine approximately 4 years ago. In the
beginning it was just me that arrived and more foreigners started
to arrive, like, to join the military, I would say roughly about 10.
[ Aiden ]Most of my contract here I’ve been in Ukrainian
marines. And just upon 7 months ago, I joined the mortar
battery unit. And since, for the past three
months, three of four months, we’ve been in Pavlopol.
[ Aiden ]I’ve been assistant preparing the mines to fire when we got
called to do a fire mission. It was approximately 49 days after
being besieged in Mariupol. Our commander told us we had three
options because food had run out, ammunition had run out. He
said you can either choose to go with the techniques to try
and break out of the encirclement, or the second option was that
you can try walking out of Mariupol, like sneaking out. And
the third option was to surrender. I chose to surrender because…
[ Aiden ]Since being in Donetsk I’ve been able to
hear, like, the bombing, like, in Donetsk.
[ Aiden ]So, yeah… And also Mariupol as well.
[ Aiden ]Mariupol was a real… like, reality check for
me. There are so, like, videos from
people interviewing the citizens, telling how
‘Azov’ used tanks in residential areas.
[ Aiden ]How they used, basically, civilians hostages.
[ Aiden ]At the moment, the Donetsk People’s Republic is currently trying me as a mercenary, and if
I’m found guilty, there’s a possibility I might face the death sentence, if found guilty.
[ Guard ]Go.
BALKAN WAR VETERAN'S MEDAL CERTIFICATE
[ Zak ]This, thanks to my mom – love her dearly, rest in peace. She saved my uniforms.
NOVO SARAJEVO CHETNIK DETACHMENT
[ Zak ]And… When the war broke out in Novorossiya, I made sure to take them with
me. So, this is the original bullet proof. We never wore bullet-proof
vests because it’s bad luck. We’re very superstitious, chetniks and
monarchists. So… Most of the magazines you can see come in here.
[ Zak ]Right? From the AK. This is what we had. That’s
all. That is it. Nothing else. No helmets. Never.
[ Zak ]Everybody knows me as Zak Novak. It’s just a nickname. My real name is Zlatko,
Zlatko Novkovic. In 1958, mum and dad left Yugoslavia. I grew up in New York.
[ Zak ]First Slovenia… Yugoslavia first, it broke out. Serbian refugees first,
[ Zak ]Serbian refugees leaving. And my mum is looking at me and she’s like,
[ ZLATKO NOVKOVIC (ZAK NOVAK), VOLUNTEER, US ]What are you doing here? Go help your brothers and
sisters! So, I needed to go. I needed to go because that’s my roots, you know? We’re Serbians.
[ Zak ]These are young guys, look at them. Really cool young guys. They
don’t run away, they’re not going to run away. This is their home,
so… They had to fight, we all had to fight together. This is my
baby. That’s my first Kalashnikov. And here’s World War II Thompson.
[ Zak ]Famous photo in the mountains.
[ Zak ]15 days operation. 15 days to clear
the enemy from the mountains.
[ Zak ]So, there you have it. Zak, New York.
[ Zak ]I made sure graffiti in Sarajevo. Zak, New York.
[ Zak ]And it hurts because this was something so beautiful,
understanding where my mum and dad are from. And now,
America, NATO to destroy that? To destroy a piece of me… You…
[ Zak ]You took away a piece of me. You know? By bombing
Yugoslavia, NATO, Wesley Clark, general, you took a piece of
me. You hurt… something that was a part of me,
something that I belonged to, something that I went to visit.
[ Zak ]When I first arrived here in 2015 I met many guys. There
were some Spanish guys, some French. Couple of Serbian
guys, of course. And a couple of Americans as well.
[ Zak ]But somehow, we all kind of went in different directions.
[ Zak ]So, when I came to Donbass I was first a war correspondent on Novorossiya TV, a
journalist. And then, after, I became an
English teacher. So, it’s been really tremendous.
[ Zak ]Good morning everyone! Happy
[ Zak ]Easter! We’re heading to Mariupol.
[ Zak ]A beautiful Easter morning, yes? It’s a sign of victory.
[ Zak ]What I see and feel is that this would not have
happened if NATO and Biden didn’t push this
agenda, this war. This also reminds me of
Sarajevo, Vukovar, Zvornik. It’s the same carbon copy.
[ Zak ]You know, this special operation needs to be finished. We’re starting
the second phase, as you can see. I did go sign as a reserve.
[ Zak ]Sign of the cross.
[ Zak ]Going to light some candles today — mum, dad and the
great leader, former president leader of DPR, Donetsk People’s
Republic, Aleksandr Zakharchenko, who gave me a new
life, gave me a DPR passport. A great man! Rest in peace.
[ Woman ]Take this!
[ Woman 2 ]Thank you!
[ People ]Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!
[ People ] Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!
[ People ]Christ is risen!
[ People ] Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed!
[ People ]Christ is risen!
[ People ]He is risen, indeed!
[ People ]How are you?
[ People ]These kids also lived in the basement with us This boy lived in our basement
[ Zak ]Happy Easter!
UKRAINIAN NATIONALISTS HEAVILY FORTIFIED THE ILLICH IRON & STEEL WORKS PLANT.
THEY SET UP BOOBY-TRAPS AND FIRING POINTS THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX, AND SHELLED
THE CITY FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS FROM HERE. RUSSIAN TROOPS AND DPR PEOPLE'S MILITIA
UNITS ENCIRCLED THE PLANT AND COMPLETELY LIBERATED IT AFTER HEAVY FIGHTING.
[ Alexis ]This is a Humvee, an American military vehicle
[ Alexis ]The Ukrainians used them as... transport vehicles
[ Alexis ]Let's see what we've got here There's a hand grenade inside It has no detonator
[ Alexis ]My name's Alexis
[ ALEXIS CASTILLO VOLUNTEER, SPAIN ]I'm Columbian, I was born in Colombia I lived in
[ Alexis ]Spain before the war I was an activist with social
organisations and political parties It was with the
anti-fascist movement that I was mainly involved
[ Alexis ]My nickname is 'Alfonso Cano': nom de guerre
of a militant FARC group commander in Colombia
[ Alexis ]A Ukrainian uniform...
[ Alexis ]This Ukrainian uniform shouldn't be left lying around like this We need to collect it as
a sign of what they did to the nation Or just burn it! That's exactly what will happen.
[ Alexis ]I believe it started with Maidan It was the coup d'état in Kiev in
2014 that kicked it all off That
event initiated the war When they
began the destruction and to punish people for having different
political views and attitudes towards
history. That's when it all started.
[ Alexis ]Look!
[ Alexis ]This is another Humvee… An American vehicle But they stuck a Ukrainian insignia
on it and painted these stripes, which they usually put on their military vehicles
[ Alexis ]With all those movements going on in 2014... I
decided to come help protect the people of Donbass
from all the madness that was happening here,
from direct shelling of the city It only happened...
because of the referendum held here In my opinion, people
had a legitimate right not to support the illegal coup in Maidan
[ Alexis ]Here are weapons sent from other countries It's all written in
English These are probably munitions for some kind of grenade launcher
[ Alexis ]Interesting...Very interesting!
[ Alexis ]These license plates look German From the European Union
[ Alexis ]I don't know what they're doing here! Anyway, that's interesting
[ Alexis ]I think someday we'll find out why these plates are here
[ Alexis ]I think most of the responsibility for starting this war lies with Kiev
and their supporters: Europe and America The West bears much of the blame
[ Alexis ]Look what we've got here!
[ Alexis ]It's a C90: a Spanish anti-tank weapon
[ Alexis ]Looks like they were supplied, and they're using them
[ Alexis ]Here's another trophy! This is an optical sight
[ Alexis ]The trigger...
[ Alexis ]The safety...
[ Alexis ]And this thing...
protects the missile tube
[ Alexis ]So, thanks a lot for the souvenir, President Sánchez!
[ Alexis ]Spain must be doing great...
to be able to afford to send such weapons down here
[ Alexis ]I want to say that these things, these destructive
tools, won't bring us peace This is a weapon of war
[ Alexis ]The Spanish government won't make peace by sending things like this here
[ Alexis ]There's a body here...
[ Alexis ]A body wearing a helmet...
and civilian clothes, but also a helmet! He's not a
civilian People must be changing into civvies to escape
[ Alexis ]They attacked Donbass Donbass defended
itself They didn't want to recognise the 2014 coup
[ Alexis ]As you can see, this is a tunnel, in which they
put people who'd been killed in combat or airstrikes
[ Alexis ]You can tell from the uniforms, the boots... Let's take a closer look
[ Alexis ]It's very sad that so many people had to die
[ Alexis ]But... it was they...
who wanted to put this... territory under
control So, this is the result of Ukraine's policy
[ Alexis ]I've lost many people... Many comrades...
friends... commanders... I don't know
exactly how many. A lot of them! I've
lost three commanders The last one I lost...
was when I got wounded He was near me.
[ Alexis ]A mine got us both... an anti-personnel mine
[ Alexis ]When I got wounded, I saw my life running like a
film before my eyes... scenes, photo-like images...
all my life, from the beginning to the end The
last thing I saw was my son, and I knew it wasn't
time to die At that very moment, my comrades came
and applied tourniquets No matter how many times I
get wounded, how much blood I lose, I'm ready
to fight for my beliefs I'm scared, but I will fight on
[ Zak ]Mariupol Drama Theatre. NATO, Washington, why?
[ ZLATKO NOVKOVIC, (ZAK NOVAK) VOLUNTEER, US ]These are your weapons who destroy this community.
[ Zak ]And you keep giving weapons! And you just continue! You just don’t stop!
[ Zak ]You know, War Crimes Court, the Hague War
Crimes Tribunal, many of NATO officials, military officials
from the United States will see their day in
court, judgement day. And they will pay for this.
[ Zak ]Every. Inch. Of territory that’s been
destroyed — they will have to pay.
[ Man ]An 'Azov' tank stopped near us and aimed
at the theatre, on the neighboring street
[ Man ]They began gathering people to get the theatre evacuated
[ Man ]So, they assembled them in lines We saw it with our own eyes
[ Man ]While climbing the mound, the tank fired 3 or 4 times That was it!
[ Man ]A bang: head in one place, and torso in another... legs were somewhere
else You don't know what's happening You don't understand if you're
alive or dead Very frightening! An arm from here to here... blown
off! The military wouldn't let us out. I couldn't get to a hospital
[ Correspondent ] Whose military? [ Man ]Ukrainian military! They didn't let us out
[ Man ]I'm going to visit people who saved my life in the
shelter They did whatever they could! And the soldiers
also saved us, either Russian or from Donetsk
[ Man ]Bandages, painkillers... the guys brought whatever they could
[ Man ]When people were hiding in the bomb shelter, a shell
hit, destroying 2 floors They were in the bomb shelter
[ Man ]That house over there, the shell hit the 2nd floor I saw it all myself
[ People ]So... a familiar face!
[ Man ] Christ has risen! [ People ]He has risen, indeed!
[ People ]I was wondering where you've been?
[ Man ]This is the shelter we hid in. It was destroyed in an instant
[ Woman ]Hello! [ Man ]Hello!
[ Man ]This woman who's hugging me right now…
[ Woman ]I'm so glad I helped
[ Man ]She's done more than all the medics combined! And how beautifully
she did it! This is all thanks to her She did the impossible She
removed shards from my daughter's body with eyebrow tweezers because
there were no instruments here So, these flowers are for you, girls!
[ Woman ]They'll bloom for sure!
[ Man ]I bought them in the city [ Woman ]I was thinking
about you today [ Man ]May they bring you wealth
[ SHAUN PINNER, MERCENARY, UK ] Shaun Pinner from London, England. I fought for Ukraine.
[ Shaun ]Yeah, I picked a side, and we lost. I can accept this. Flew into Kiev in 2018. And if you know, that was
voluntary, I’ve… not hidden. I did some… my training with the British Army. I’ve not lied about that.
[ Shaun ]I did nine years as a British soldier. I was with the 1st Battalion, Морская пехота (Rus.: the Marines),
the Marines, the Ukrainian Marines. And I was старший стрелок (Rus.: chief gunner) with my unit. I…
[ Shaun ]My biggest worry was being getting captured, because I’m British. I’ve spent five to six weeks,
literally, avoiding tanks. We got smashed,
basically. We got absolutely hammered. So, we…
[ Shaun ]One day, we’d have people, the next day they were dead. I’ve
seen the worst side of it, and I don’t… I don’t wish to see it ever
again, to be honest. I wish it would stop. In some dialogues or it.
[ Shaun ]So, and that’s God’s honest truth, I just wish it would just stop.
[ Shaun ]I… I worry every day, obviously, petrified. So, you know, I don’t want
to die, I want to see my wife again. Now, I want to live, you know.
[ Shaun ]In respects to where I am, the place I’m at now — yeah, I’m… fine. I get fed bread and
water, and, you know, they talk, call me by my name — Shaun. And, you know, I’m treated okay
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]We're here, defending our positions,
monitoring the area,
so Ukrainian saboteurs don't sneak through
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]My codename is 'Spartacus', I'm from Italy
[ CODENAME ‘SPARTACUS’, VOLUNTEER, ITALY ]I came here in 2014 and joined the 'Vostok' battalion It was hard, I didn't speak Russian
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]They didn't want to accept me In Italy, I was a paratrooper in a special
paratrooper squad I also trained and
qualified as an alpine trooper in Italy
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]All the textbooks here are in Ukrainian There's none in Russian Only in Ukrainian
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]They've rewritten the history of Ukraine There are no
books in Russian They haven't studied Russian since Maidan
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]The Ukrainian nationalists don't care about the locals They treat them very badly,
like human shields, particularly here in the DPR, which isn't controlled by Ukraine
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]They're just human shields to them They said: 'Stay in cellars, and don't leave' They
left them there without food or water The people weren't allowed to go out for anything
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]This is a classroom Children used to have classes here It was ruined when
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]Ukrainian troops shelled the school When we came to retake this part of the
city, they started openly shelling schools, pre-schools, and residential
buildings The broken glass and holes in the walls are from artillery
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]That hole too. I don't know how a shell could've landed here
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]When the war is over, we'll rebuild everything
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]I'm fighting because this is my home now I live here with my wife and
two little kids I can't sit by and watch, waiting for it all to end
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]I've been wounded three times
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]First in January 2015, when we were tightly encircled Some friends
of mine were killed
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]It was then that I was wounded for the first time. There were just 10 days
between the 2nd and 3rd times in 2016, not far from here, in Avdeevka.
[ ‘Spartacus’ ] These marks are from artillery [ Bojan ] Ukrainian, Ukrainian...
[ ‘Spartacus’ ] Artillery [ Bojan ]Yes, 152mm shells
[ ‘Spartacus’ ]If I went back to Italy, I'd be immediately
arrested I'd be arrested and tried as a
mercenary who came here for money But it
wasn't money I came for I came because of my beliefs
[ Alexis ]Hello, brother! How are you?
[ Alexis ] How's your health? - Good
[ Alexis ] Feeling better? - Now, yes [ Alexis ]Walking a little?
[ Alexis ]This used to be a very busy street
Yes, but this area is still being shelled
[ Alexis ]Eh? - They still shell it sporadically
[ Ignacio ]Just look at this place!
[ Ignacio ]Everything inside's been destroyed
[ Ignacio ]There's part with no roof at all
[ Ignacio ]My name is Ignacio Ojeda
[ Ignacio ]I'm Mexican
[ IGNACIO OJEDA, VOLUNTEER, MEXICO ]I
volunteered to join the Donetsk defenders I'm 55 years old
[ Ignacio ]I signed up because I wanted to do my part in
resolving this problem... the problem of Nazism in Donetsk
[ Alexis ]Are you on leave? [ Ignacio ]Yes
[ Alexis ]He's on leave. We picked him up in town, and
now we're taking him home. Then I'll go back to the battalion.
[ Alexis ]How were you wounded? [ Alexis ] Mortar fire?
[ Alexis ]Must not have been very big
[ Ignacio ] 80mm [ Alexis ]82mm, I see
[ Alexis ]Just a bit of shrapnel. You were lucky [ Ignacio ]Yes
[ Alexis ] Where did it happen? [ Ignacio ]It landed about 3m from me
[ Alexis ]What did the doctors say? Will you be OK? Can they remove it?
[ Ignacio ]No I see, they won't
[ Ignacio ]It's risky [ Alexis ]Is there a risk of joint
or nerve damage?
[ Ignacio ]Because to take the shrapnel out, the bone around it has to be broken.
to take the shrapnel out, the bone around it has to be broken I asked our
battalion nurse to send me home With my leg like this, I'm not able to run
[ Alexis ]Well, you'll have a chance to relax. You can eat what you want...
[ Ignacio ]Yes
[ Ignacio ]I'd like some fried eggs It's been a long time since I had fried eggs and potatoes
[ Alexis ]Take care, get well, take your time
[ Ignacio ]Thank you
[ Alexis ] We'll meet again [ Ignacio ] Thanks for everything
[ Ignacio ]You're a very brave and precious man
[ Alexis ]You too! Each and every one of us!
[ Alexis ] Take care! [ Ignacio ] See you soon
[ Ignacio ]I don't think I'll go back to Mexico I think,
now... after this war... that cost us so much...
[ Ignacio ]I value Donetsk more
UKRAINIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN SHELLING THE NIKOLO-VASILIEVSKY MONASTERY IN
THE VILLAGE OF NIKOLSKOYE FOR 3 MONTHS NOW. ABOUT 300 PEOPLE HAVE FOUND
REFUGE THERE SINCE THE MILITARY OPERATION BEGAN. PEOPLE TRAPPED IN BASEMENTS
ARE DRIVEN BACK BY UKRAINIAN MORTAR FIRE EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO GET OUT.
[ People ]Come! Here you are!
[ People ]Not too heavy?
[ People ]Just give it right to the kids, we won't store it
[ People ]Take it straight there Lyosha, take this milk! How much is there?
[ People ]Count it and distribute it among the kids
[ People ]Bread! Oh, that's great! Thank you! Oh! We'll eat it with great pleasure
[ People ] How are you? - Fine
[ People ]Thank you! You recited such good poems yesterday.
[ People ]They've brought milk, biscuits, and lemonade.
[ People ]You'll have a real Easter celebration today
[ People ]It's hard living like this. We've been here
a month and a half, sleeping on the floor.
[ People ]They start shelling if we try to leave the cellar. We can't take the kids out.
[ Nun ]When the Ukrainians are shelling us, something's always
falling down Then this house caught fire, but we had nothing to
put it out with I couldn't make it up the stairs for 3 days
[ Nun ]Then the church began burning They hit it, and the dome caught
fire Then they hit the bell tower to take out the highest
point They're scared to go up there, it's cemented up If the
bells were to fall... I don't know how they are It's dangerous
to go up, there may be shells Our bell ringers won't go
[ Nun ]This is our bakery, or what's left of it
[ Nun ]They target the places we need to survive
[ Nun ]We have no bread now
[ Nun ]There were refugees in the cellar beneath it too
[ Nun ]Soldiers took them out,
and they ran here to the church in hysterics
[ Nun ]It was scary
[ Nun ]The Ukrainians hit the generators and furnace room,
so we have no power or heat
[ Nun ]It was very cold inside
[ Nun ]They blew up the refectory we had meals in
[ Nun ]They aren't human
[ Nun ]How could they raise their hand against God's house?
[ Nun 2 ]Come in
[ Nun 2 ]This is a room for pilgrims where we all live
[ Correspondent ] Where are you from, again? [ Woman ] Nikolskoye
[ Woman ]Don't you know Nikolskoye? From the village itself
[ Correspondent ] Did they blow up your place?
[ Woman ]Yes, it's gone. We wanted to stay in the cellar...
but there's a shell in it and no one wants to remove it.
[ Correspondent ] Take a seat, calm down
[ Old Lady ]My son left me at this monastery. They took me in.
[ Old Lady ]I'm from Volnovakha. My son left me here. My home is in
Volnovakha, but I can't go there because I don't
know if it's still intact. If he sees me, let him come get me.
[ Old Lady ]I'm waiting for him. At first, I was so nervous. I couldn't
pull myself together. I was crying. My BP was 200/120,
and I couldn't do anything about it. Pills didn't
work. I had severe heart pains. I didn't think I'd live.
[ Zak ]Hello! Say hello!
[ Children ]Don't press the button! Oh! It's like a phone!
[ Children ]Roger! Roger!
[ Soldier ]Put it on, and you'll see what it's like. The other way.
[ Soldier ]Can you hear me? You see how well you can hear?
[ Zak ]Good morning! [ Children ]Good morning! [ Zak ]What was that?
[ Zak ]How are you? That means, 'How are you?'
[ Zak ]How long you live here?
[ Children ]More than a month. [ Zak ]Say, “Two months.” [ Children ]Two months.
[ Zak ]And what’s amazing, you know, people think, “Zak, you’re a hero!
Thank you for coming!” Oh, I’m not the hero. You’re the hero!
[ Zak ]You guys are the heroes. The kids who continue to go to school.
[ Zak ]The teachers who continue to teach while bombs are falling
— you heard them this morning, right? And so, to continue
with life, you are the heroes! I’m just here to be a part of it.
[ Zak ]The special operation’s right now is brilliant! It is incredibly brilliant!
[ Zak ]We’re going to finish this — what — couple of months, okay?
[ ZLATKO NOVKOVIC (ZAK NOVAK), VOLUNTEER, US ]How long was America in Afghanistan?
[ Zak ]They couldn’t do sh*t. How long was America in Vietnam? Didn’t do sh*t.
[ Zak ]Ukraine, NATO, America, you’re not winning. You’re losing,
badly. After this, NATO will collapse, NATO will be destroyed.
[ Zak ]There’s our flag!
[ Zak ]The Russian flag is waving.
[ Zak ]We have liberated Mariupol.
[ Zak ]Soon we’ll have a free world, a peaceful world. Everything will be rebuilt.