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The Russian military is completing a mop up of enemy forces in Avdeevka. They've found NATO ammunition in a UAF stronghold, as well as a neighboring warehouse full of ammo produced by the U.S. and the Czech Republic. They've also found the dry rations of foreign mercenaries from Canada and Georgia. This has been reported by the Russian Defence Ministry. Large-scale battles for Avdeevka ended on February 17 with a complete defeat for Kiev. Avdeevka is a strategic point in Donbass and the key to a peaceful future for Donetsk. It was from here that constant shelling was carried out, and it was this line that the enemy had been fortifying as best it could for ten years. And somewhere behind the soldiers, literally 10 minutes from the explosions and gunfire, doctors were performing heart surgery on Donetsk citizens, scientists were working, women were giving birth to children, and roses were blooming along the roads... How did people live at the intersection of war and peace?

The history of Donbass is deeply linked to World War II; the intense battles fought there and the heroism shown by the people continue to shape the region's identity and resilience to this day. The spring of 2014 in Mariupol is recognized as a pivotal moment in the ongoing conflict in Donbass. It marked the first time since 1945 that local residents heard gunfire echoing through their streets.

The documentary ‘Notes from Donbass’ tells the story of ordinary soldiers. Some of them are eagerly waiting for news from home: one’s about to become a dad. Another returned to the front straight from the hospital: he wants to fight despite his wounds. The third is a Donbass native. He can finally return to his home town that he liberated with his comrades. He’s teary-eyed because he hasn’t seen his mother for eight years. Each one of those guys has his own story. They share them with war correspondent Nikolay Tsonku.

This video shows the shelling of the Donbass region in 2014 by the ukrainian army. However, it could be from today, nothing has changed in the approach of the Ukrainian army. For years, they have been shelling inhabited areas where there are no military targets. It went on exactly like that for years. I could upload tens of hours of footage from 2014 to 2022. This is how the inhabitants of the Donbass region had to live. Under constant shelling by Ukrainian artillery, while they hunkered down in basements without power supply, without water supply, with TV channels switched off, without payment of pensions and annuities. Maybe this gives you an idea, why russia, finally after 8 years trying in vain to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflicts, has finally intervened military. Now the ukrainian army gets shelled daily by russia. Serves them right.

In July, 2014 Boeing-777 was shot down over the Donbass region. The Joint Investigation Team claimed that Russia and the militia of the Donetsk People's Republic were involved. But is their evidence solid enough? The investigation MH-17: in Search of Truth reveals new and earlier unknown details and focuses on inconsistencies in the official investigation. The film is based on original documents from the Ukrainian special services and exclusive interview of the eyewitnesses. The collected evidence makes it clear that it was a well-prepared provocation conducted by the special services of several states.

After the legitimate authorities in Kiev was overthrown, Donbass residents faced heavy bombings by the Ukrainian military. Notwithstanding, the locals stood their ground, forming a militia to protect their homeland. Now, nine years later, with Russian support, they have a chance to return home. This documentary chronicles those events and reveals why the city of Slavyansk symbolises resistance to radical Ukrainian nationalism.

In March 2022, Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, presented a report that detailed a network of 30 biological weapons labs in Ukraine. With each passing day, volunteers uncover new evidence of illegal activities related to the development of biological weapons in the liberated territories of Donbass. Oksana, an officer from Luhansk, serves in a special unit whose aim is to gather more evidence of the existence of secret US bioweapons factories. ‘The adverse reactions and fatalities that occurred here were all covered up, as evidenced by the removed records and locals testifying that very often, large black plastic bags were hauled out of here, and rather bizarre deaths occurred’, she says. Through meticulous research and expert interviews, this documentary sheds light on the activities that take place in the US biolaboratories in Ukraine, Georgia, Indonesia and other countries worldwide. Former high-ranking officials and journalists who dared to visit these laboratories explain how the sophisticated network was established, and reveal its ultimate purpose.

Kiev offers rewards worth thousands of dollars for the journalists’ heads, but they remain adamant and go to the front. War correspondents spend days and nights in trenches alongside soldiers, fighting their battle, information war. Why are journalists willing to stake their very lives on war coverage?

American human rights lawyer Daniel Kovalik, spent almost 30 years investigating the clandestine CIA project known as MK-Ultra. Following World War II, the CIA secretly recruited over 1,100 Nazi scientists and brought them to the United States to continue their sinister experiments which was aimed at creating “super soldiers” through the use of mind-altering substances like methamphetamines.
What is the deep-rooted history of these experiments and their modern-day manifestation in Ukraine? Oleg Suprun, head of Lugansk hospital that for years was occupied by nationalists, believes soldiers under the drugs are losing touch with reality. ‘Even their own, they even killed fellow troops,’ recalls Oleg. Who developed such programme to change human personality with the aid of drugs, and how far-reaching is it?

Today, there’s a boom of ‘Bandera-mania’ all across Europe, Canada and the United States. A museum named after Stepan Bandera welcomes visitors in the center of London. In a Canadian cemetery in Oakville the monument to the Ukrainian fascists, members of the 14th Waffen Galicia SS Division, who pledged allegiance to Hitler, is established. The Western elite professes its love for Bandera. All this despite the fact that thousands were killed during World War II on his orders. Bandera is one of the most repulsive figures from Ukrainian history, the bearer of an ideology that he partially copied from the Fuhrer. So why does the West put him on a pedestal today, while in Ukraine they make him a national hero? The answers are in the new film ‘Operation Ukraine. Bandera's Dark Shadow’.

In this documentary about the Donbass in Ukraine, the events of the last years are retraced.

The West is unhappy about the rescue mission for children in the Donbass. In April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accused Russia of forcibly removing kids from the conflict zone. ‘No child has been forcibly taken by anyone. That’s not true,’ said Lidia Kovalyova, an organizer of the family orphanage. She took the kids from Donetsk to Novocherkassk and believes that taking them away saved their lives. These days, the children don’t even look back at the war. They’re studying, learning ballroom dancing and partaking in various competitions. Their stories are in ‘Donbass: Restoring Childhood’.

DONBASS WAR: AIRPORT. PART 1 | RT DOCUMENTARY (Mar 2022) The film Donbass War: Airport. Part 1 looks back to the Donetsk region in 2014, when residents refused to recognise the results of “Maidan” and were confronted by a severe reaction from the Ukrainian authorities. Donetsk airport became a stronghold for the Ukrainian army wanting to remain in control. After the Ukrainian military had taken it over, it became a source of tension. The film features burnt homes, people seeking for shelter, and victims of shelling from the airport. The film crew also met militia members, former miners, teachers, and plumbers, who had taken up arms to defend their home. One of the main objectives was to retake the airport control tower, which the Ukrainian army used to target the shelling of militia and peaceful citizens. Watch Donbass war: Airport. Part 1 for a detailed account of the 2014 events. RT Documentary offers you in-depth documentary films on topics that will leave no one indifferent. It’s not just front-page stories and global events, but issues that extend beyond the headlines. Social and environmental issues, shocking traditions, intriguing personalities, history, sports and so much more – we have documentaries to suit every taste. RT Documentary’s film crews travel far and wide to bring you diverse and compelling stories. Discover the world with us!

The film Donbass War: Airport. Part 2 explores the final stages of the fight for the Donetsk airport. From late 2014 to late 2015, tensions were flying high. In 2014, Donbass residents who refused to recognise the results of “Maidan” were confronted by the severe reaction of the Ukrainian authorities. The Donetsk airport within the city limits became a stronghold the Ukrainian army wanted to retain. The Donbass militia was forced to stop them from taking it over. In response to the Donbass people’s militia, the Ukrainian army directed fire towards the peaceful districts of the city. The film crew talked to Donbass residents who shared their memories about these times. They talk about how they had to hide from gunfire and lost their loved ones in the war. The participants of this tragic period defined the timeline of the events when the old and new terminals were taken by storm. The Ukrainian military eventually lost control, leaving Donetsk airport was destroyed.

MAIDAN: ROAD TO WAR | RT DOCUMENTARY (Mar 2022). Maidan: Road to War was shot from 2014 to 2022, as the DNR and LNR territory was subjected to daily shelling from Ukraine. The film delves into the 2014 situation in Ukraine and pieces together the course of events. The film wants to draw the attention of the Ukrainian authorities to the shelling and the deaths of civilians in the Donbass, but the government didn’t respond. Maidan movement gained momentum in Kiev in 2013. Protests were prompted by the government’s decision to suspend the signing of the association agreement with the European Union. At first, the protests looked like a rock festival, but soon signs of hostility started to creep in from politicians and nationalists. They were deliberately provocative. Leaders of nationalist organisations admit they have been preparing for violent street riots long before the protests engulfed Kiev. They planned a revolution and the deposition of the government from the start. See how the events unfolded and what eventually led to the conflict in our film.
00:00 - intro
1:16 - The unique thing about Ukraine was that it showed the way of peace
7;44 - There was only a particular group in the West who embraced this, who became the core of this protest
16:27 - Poroshenko appeared on the Maidan many times.
24:38 - In Kiev, they called it the Revolution of Dignity, but people in the Southeast considered it a coup d’état
34:45 - The reason why Donbass was a shockwave epicentre was that they realised no one would listen to them
39:28 - Civilian casualties had to be presented as human shields for the terrorists and separatists
45:09 - The first to come under attack was Slavyansk residents
49:24 - Poroshenko was inaugurated on the 7th June 2014 in Kiev

In Ukraine, black market surgeons got very rich,’ former DPR Defence Minister Vladimir Kononov is convinced. Vasily Prozorov, a former SBU officer, also agrees with him. In his opinion, the country has become a ‘gold mine’ for criminals. Vitaly Kiselyov, a colonel in the LPR People's Militia and head of ‘Wiesenthal's Way’ organization, claims that the seized organs are sent to the West: ‘They are particularly interested in Ukrainians because it’s cheap material, you don’t pay much’. Meanwhile, the Kiev officials, instead of stopping the black market surgeons, help them. In 2021, the Ukrainian parliament allowed the removal of organs, without the patient's lifetime notarial consent.

78 years ago, the Soviet Army crushed German Nazi. Around 27 million people died during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), half of the dead were civilians - elderly, women and children. The fascists tortured Soviet citizens, kept them in concentration camps, experimented on them and forced them into hard labour. People died from hunger, disease and lack of medical care. To mark this occasion, all generations of people come together to honor the memory of the victims and heroes, especially on May 9, Victory Day.

The Soviet Union lost 27 million people during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). 'More than 20 thousand people per day. It's hard to imagine, these are huge numbers,' said Sergey Kudryashov, head of the Centre for the Study of Great Patriotic War History of the Institute of Russian History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Decades later, history repeats itself. In the 21st century, Nazism reemerged in Ukraine. For years, its government has been driven by nationalist policies and the militarisation of society. Those who disagree with the policies are being arrested and eliminated.

Alexander was a successful businessman. However, when the special military operation in Ukraine began, he immediately knew that this is where he needed to be. Without a trace of regret, he gave up his cushy life to join the Lugansk People’s Militia to fight against the Ukrainian nationalists. He isn’t bothered about the fact that water and clean bedsheets have now become the most coveted items around, because he believes that fighting for what’s right trumps any worldly possessions. Luckily for Alexander, or codename “Wingman”, as he’s known among fellow soldiers, his wife Anya is totally on board with his decision. She follows him to the frontline and even organise forums among businessmen to raise funds for drones and other equipment that will help his cause. In a short period of time, “Wingman” rank rose from a private to battalion commander. Now he is responsible not just for his own life but for that of a battalion of 400 soldiers. He never leaves his men; he’s always spearheads the most intense battles. This dedication has earned him their respect from day one. “He's supportive as a man and as a commander, he gives honest feedback, the guys understand that he's demanding, but, at the same time he'll assess the situation and help in any way he can,” says Owl (codename). Where does he find such valour? What brings him joy? How does he and his wife manage to persevere even in the midst of this conflict?

Vostok Battalion Brotherhood is here. The film shows several days from the lives of fighters at the front lines. The enemy is only 300 metres away. Construction workers, lathe operators, drivers, ordinary guys went off to defend Donbass from the Ukraninan military. ‘That’s how I was raised, on our history and with honour. My life... it’s not that I don’t value it, but I’d give it for this. That’s why I came here’, said a fighter with the codename Syava. These guys are used to constantly being surrounded by danger, but they find happiness in little moments that remind them of peaceful times: a cup of coffee or a piece of candy. They’re fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces while dreaming about returning home to their families.

"Redemption Zone"… RT documentary with English subtitles. A documentary about prisoners who volunteered to fight in the ranks of the Wagner PMC in exchange for a pardon, after 6 months in combat ... And while most volunteers had long sentences left, there are also volunteers who have less than 6 months left in prison

During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), the Finns committed atrocities on the territory of Karelia, northern Russia. 'There had been a radical plan to establish the Greater Finland, to include all Finno-Ugric nations under the Finns,' says historian Sergey Verigin. During the four years of occupation, they built dozens of concentration camps for Slavs, places of detention for prisoners of war and jails. According to official data, about 25,000 people passed through this camp archipelago. The Finns justify their actions with a 'floating log' theory. They believe that their country was involved in World War II as a log gets pulled into the fast-flowing northern rivers.

In August 2022, Russian journalist Daria Dugina was killed in a car bomb attack organised by the Ukrainian authorities. Philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, Daria’s father, says she was targeted because she was 'a symbol of the independence of Russian journalism.’ Two months later, an explosion rocked the Crimean Bridge that links the Crimean peninsula to Russia’s mainland. The massive blast was attributed to Ukrainian sabotage groups. According to official figures, Russian security services regularly foil dozens of subversive acts. The documentary takes a close look at methods used by Ukraine’s Security Service, tracing their roots back to the 1940s. It also sheds light on ties between Ukrainian nationalist leaders and American intelligence agencies. Declassified documents revealed details of the US’s Operation Aerodynamic, which funded and directed Ukrainian nationalists' fight against the Soviet Union. In the documentary, historians draw parallels between nationalists past and present.

heroes who volunteered to go to the front - our brothers, husbands, fathers, colleagues, friends. Every day hundreds of ordinary men all over Russia come to sign up to volunteer in the special military operation zone. Some have combat experience, others have never served in the army or are in their seventh decade. Who are they and why are they rushing to the front? See how volunteer battalions are formed, how combat training is organized and why yesterday’s workers, programmers and businessmen go to Donbass to help their own people.

Teaser-trailer for upcoming documentary of Igor Lopatonok - author and Director of "Ukraine on Fire" and "Revealing Ukraine"