
Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War
Season 7 Episode 3 | 56m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
The Russia-Ukraine war from the perspective of Ukrainian women who have fled and stayed behind.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Most Ukrainian men ages 18-60 have been prohibited from leaving while women have either sought refuge in neighboring countries or stayed behind, living under constant threat. In Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War, Ukrainian women share what they are experiencing, providing a panoramic view of a war from the female perspective.
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Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War
Season 7 Episode 3 | 56m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Most Ukrainian men ages 18-60 have been prohibited from leaving while women have either sought refuge in neighboring countries or stayed behind, living under constant threat. In Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War, Ukrainian women share what they are experiencing, providing a panoramic view of a war from the female perspective.
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TETYANA DROBOTIA (speaking Ukrainian): OKSANA KOROLOVYCH (speaking Russian): WINSLOW: "Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War," on DocWorld.
♪ ♪ (man murmurs) MAN (speaking Russian): - Mm-hmm.
(chuckles) MAN: (both laugh) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): WOMAN: - (repeats, chuckling): ♪ ♪ (sighs) (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ KRISTINA KOROLEVA AND MAN (speaking Russian): MAN: - Mm-hmm.
(man speaking Russian) KOROLEVA: (door closes) (exhales deeply) ♪ ♪ OLGA and MAN (speaking Russian): OLGA: (clears throat) (speaking Russian): Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪ (speaking Ukrainian): (forecast audio fading) DIANA VOZNA (speaking Ukrainian): (explosions pounding in distance) KOROLOVYCH (speaking Russian): (car alarms blaring) (explosion roars) ♪ ♪ DROBOTIA (speaking Ukrainian): (speaking Ukrainian): (planes roaring) MARIIA FABRICHEVA (speaking Russian): (explosion pounds) OLGA KOVALEVA (speaking Russian): (air raid siren wailing, crowd speaking indistinctly) VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY (speaking Ukrainian): (people talking softly in background) ZELENSKYY: (on phone speaker): (explosion roars) (people exclaiming) (people calling in background) ♪ ♪ NIKOL VOZNA (speaking Russian): (Nikol Vozna murmuring) WOMAN: NIKOL VOZNA: - Mm.
NIKOL VOZNA: WOMAN: NIKOL VOZNA: KATYA SOENKO: (sighs) (breathes deeply) IRYNA OSTRYK (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NATALIA TIURDO: There were men who were ready to fight if Russian troops would come.
- (speaking Ukrainian) KOROLOVYCH (speaking Russian): (talking indistinctly) MARYNA LAUSHKINA (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ (sighs) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): (sighs) (voice breaking): (explosion roars) (people talking in background) ♪ ♪ MARYNA CHANBA (speaking Russian): (people talking in background) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian, clears throat): ♪ ♪ (inhales) (people talking in background) (child singing) (singing) (child giggling) ANTONOVSKA (speaking Russian): (person breathing) ANTONOVSKA: MAN: ANTONOVSKA: (people talking in background) (wind blowing) (car horns honking) SOENKO (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ (voice breaking): (crying): (sniffles) (children crying, people talking in background) SOENKO: (people applauding, exclaiming) (calling, talking loudly) (talking loudly) (audio fades) (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ANTONOVSKA (speaking Russian): (breathes deeply) ♪ ♪ (people talking in background) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): (sniffles softly) (voice trembling): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (screwdriver whirring) (speaking Ukrainian): (sighs) ♪ ♪ (breathes deeply) (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ (people talking softly) SVITLANA (speaking Russian): (ax chopping) ♪ ♪ (people yelling) ♪ ♪ (man yells, bombs exploding in distance) (talking indistinctly) (explosions pounding in distance) ♪ ♪ (talking indistinctly) ♪ ♪ YULIIA POSTERNAK (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ (woman speaking on P.A.
system) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): (sniffles) ♪ ♪ My usual day begins from, from news.
I, I start reading some official channels and checking if everything is okay with my relatives and my friends.
(speaking Russian): (speaking Russian, sniffs): (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): (speaking Russian) (door closes) (voiceover): (laughs in video) - (talking, laughing) (woman laughing) - (laughing, exclaiming) (child talking) (woman talking in background) ♪ ♪ BONDARENKO: (sighs) (people talking, laughing in background) BONDARENKO: (breathes deeply) (exhales) (sniffs) (rocket shoots, explodes) ♪ ♪ (waves lapping) (children exclaiming) ♪ ♪ (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ (water splashing) (gunfire echoing) - (speaks indistinctly) (people talking in background, guns firing in distance) ♪ ♪ (car engine revving) (dog barking) (engine idling) OSTRYK (speaking Ukrainian): (birds chirping) (dog barking in distance) I have always thought of myself as caring about people and generally empathic person, but now I feel, I feel hate like I never used to.
I just...
I don't care about lifes of the Russian soldiers who came here on my land.
Like, I would, don't mind, I wouldn't mind... (inhales) ...about killing one of them, obvious, I think, even.
Like, it's terrible thing to say, but I think I would kill a Russian soldier after all of that.
♪ ♪ ANTONOVSKA (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ (sighs) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LILEIKO (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SULTAN (speaking Ukrainian): PHOENIX (speaking Ukrainian): SULTAN: PHOENIX (laughing): SULTAN: PHOENIX: SULTAN: PHOENIX: SULTAN: (chuckling) (fires) (man speaks in background) PHOENIX: (fires) (man speaks in background) SULTAN: ♪ ♪ VIKTORIYA LUNINA (speaking Russian): (snaps) ♪ ♪ (children laughing, Lunina speaks playfully) (all talking) LUNINA: ♪ ♪ CHANBA (speaking Russian): (pan sizzling) MAN (speaking Ukrainian): (man 2 cheers) JULIE (speaking Russian): KOVALEVA (speaking Russian): OKSANA KIIASHKO (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ - (speaking Ukrainian): (both laughing) - (speaking Ukrainian): - (laughing): MAN: WOMAN: MAN: (both laugh) KIIASHKO (speaking Russian): (voice trembling): (sighs) (explosion pounds) (men speaking Russian) ♪ ♪ LAUSHKINA (speaking Ukrainian): (voiceover): (car door closes) (laughs) ♪ ♪ MAN (speaking Russian): - (speaking Ukrainian): (text messages sending) (text message sends) (messages sending) (people talking in background) LAUSHKINA: (speaking Russian): (men talking and laughing) ♪ ♪ (alarm ringing, people coughing) (men shouting) (person panting) KOROLOVYCH: (alarm ringing, person panting) KOROLOVYCH: (people talking in background) (shovel scraping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LAUSHKINA (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ KOROLOVYCH (speaking Russian): (talking in video) (audio fading) (voiceover): (talking in video) ♪ ♪ LAUSHKINA (speaking Ukrainian): Um... ♪ ♪ (translation of writing) (speaking Russian): ♪ ♪ (speaking Ukrainian): (talking in background) NIKOL VOZNA: ♪ ♪ KOVAL (speaking Ukrainian): ♪ ♪ (talking) (woman speaking in background) ANTONOVSKA (speaking Russian): (women and boy talking) (exhales) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
Ukrainian Storybox: A Woman's War | Trailer
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Preview: S7 Ep3 | 30s | The Russia-Ukraine war from the perspective of Ukrainian women who have fled and stayed behind. (30s)
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