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202248 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Occupied

202248 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(2 ratings)• TMDB

Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, documents the city's resistance to Russian occupation through three months of secret recordings.

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Albina Kovalyova

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Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, documents the city's resistance to Russian occupation through three months of secret recordings.

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Albina Kovalyovadirector

Dzhafer Umerovcast

Dmytro Bahnenko

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Lidia Biletskacast

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Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city's resistance to the Russian occupation.

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