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202680 minPGdocumentary

Peace for Nina

202680 minPGdocumentary

Nina Branovytska, mother of Ukrainian soldier Ihor Branovytskyi, recounts her son's capture and execution by pro-Russian militants during the Donetsk Airport conflict.

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Nina Branovytska, mother of Ukrainian soldier Ihor Branovytskyi, recounts her son's capture and execution by pro-Russian militants during the Donetsk Airport conflict.

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Jeanne Dovhychdirector

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The story of Nina Branovytska, the mother of Ukrainian soldier Ihor Branovytskyi, one of the defenders of Donetsk Airport. In 2015, Ihor was captured during the withdrawal from the airport, he was tortured and executed by a leader of pro-Russian militants while being in captivity.

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