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[suspenseful music]

♪ The heart's filthy lesson ♪

[wind blowing]

[dramatic violin music]

[lawyer] Kostiantyn Kiastutysovych Hudauskas

is hereby found not guilty of the criminal offense

foreseen by Article 130, Section Two

of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan,

and acquitted due to lack of sufficient evidence to prove his guilt.

Is the court's ruling clear to you?

Yes.

You now have the opportunity to leave the country legally, Mr. Hudauskas.

I strongly suggest that you take it.

[Ukrainian mellow song]

[wind howling]

[Kostia] Come on! Come on! "Do not be afraid.

Our fate cannot be taken from us."

-[Dima] Pretty wise, Uncle Kostia. [panting] -Oh, that's not me.

-It's Dante Alighieri. -Who's that?

From the Divine Comedy. You know, he goes down to hell.

-Never heard of it? -Can't say I have.

"But I flew with the devil."

-[both chuckle] -How's that?

In the orphanage, we did this play by Gogol.

I played the blacksmith Vakula.

Huh. This view looks just like Kazakhstan.

Do you miss it?

[soft somber music]

[thunder rumbles]

But if I hadn't left...

...I could have been imprisoned for years.

So I'm grateful to Ukraine for the asylum.

[thunder rumbles]

Happy Independence Day.

Happy Independence Day.

[wind howling]

[dramatic tense music]

[music stops abruptly]

[distant bombs exploding]

[soft dramatic music]

[coffee bubbling]

[reporter 1] We can now confirm that Russia has begun a war with Ukraine,

-starting just before 5:00 a.m. this morning. -[reporters overlap]

Enemy shells are flying towards Severodonetsk.

It appears as though they are randomly firing shells

from multiple launch rocket systems and artillery.

[reporter 2] Yet another residential area has been shelled

by the invading Russians.

The central streets have been destroyed

and the high-rise buildings burned down.

We could see the explosions above the city.

You fucking asshole!

-Hello? -[Haide] Hi, Kostia.

[chuckles softly] Haide. Thank God it's you.

Should I get out of here or should I stay put

-for now-- -Slow down, Kostia.

-Are you still in Bucha? -[exhales softly] Yeah.

Good, cause we really need your help.

The family of one of our intelligence officers

is in Yasnohorodka. That's near Dymer.

The Russians are already there. Think you can get them out?

Why me? I, I mean, I'm no special ops guy.

[Haide] 'Cause the Russians are more likely to let you through

because they're still on good terms with Kazakhstan.

Everyone's on a list.

It's only a matter of time before his family is taken.

Haide, I'm sorry, but it's a no.

-I just don't have it in me. -Come on.

Don't you think you owe us a favor for your refugee certificate?

Look, I will always be grateful to you,

but this is not my job.

-Can't the military do some... -Kostia?

-[helicopter blades whirring] -Are you there?

[tense music]

[street chatter]

-[horn honks] -[dog barks]

-[cellphone ringing] -[baby crying]

[horn honks]

[soft dramatic music]

[car engines stop]

[Nikolay] We need to cover this whole zone.

First target, military veterans,

then Nazis and their families.

Second target, government officials.

Bring them to the command unit.

First targets, you deal with on-site.

-Is that clear? -Yes, sir.

-[click] -[music stops]

[man] Hold up.

Russians are already there.

-[singer vocalizing] -[melancholic music]

[church bell tolling]

[street chatter]

Hello? Are you okay?

I'm fine, Dima, how are you?

[Dima] I'm at the enlistment office.

-I'm ready to join the armed forces. -[inhales]

Dima, you know they won't take you with your condition.

Who said I'm gonna tell them?

[Kostia] You're not Vakula. You know you don't have to do this.

Well, I'm not just gonna wait around.

-You filled out the form yet? -No.

Here you go.

I'm sorry, I gotta go.

-[slams] -[dramatic music]

[kid 1] Hey, look what I made.

[kid 2] Give it back!

-It's mine! It's my car! -[kid 1] It's not. It's mine!

-[kid 2] Get your own! It's mine! -Mom,

Dad's gonna come get us, right?

I don't know, sweetie.

There's no service.

Mom, I'm really scared.

-[banging on door] -[toy alarm blaring]

-Did Dad send them? -No, they're supposed to knock twice.

Go and hide.

[tense music]

[banging on door]

[unlocking]

[soldier 1] Freeze!

[soldier 2] All clear.

[metallic click]

Hello.

It's all right.

[soft tense music]

I'm Nikolay Ivanovich.

This is only a routine search.

We're looking for Andri Vasylievich.

Uh... he's not here.

He's in Kyiv.

Do you know when he's coming back?

I don't know.

He left, like a week ago.

Well, they called him to go there.

I see.

-[music fades] -[clock ticking]

And who are you to him?

I'm his son.

My name's Pasha.

-[gunshot] -[shell clatters]

[blood squelching]

[soldier 1] Let's go.

[tense music]

-[soldier 2] White car coming your way. -[radio beeps]

[tense music]

[soldier 3] Holy shit! Is that a fucking Tesla?

[soldier 4] Get out of the car.

[seat belt clicks]

-Your ID. -[car door closes]

What's your citizenship?

-Kazakhstan. -[soldier 3] Fuck! Are you kidding me?

Even Kazakhs drive Teslas here?

What brings you to Shitlandia?

I work and live here.

Okay.

Where are you going?

To Yasnohorodka.

I wanna get my family out.

Hmpf. Nobody's gonna hurt them.

We've come in peace.

Mm, but it's pretty tense.

-And my wife is pregnant. -[trunk motor hums]

It'll be over in three days.

Then we'll go through like it's a parade.

-He's clean. -[trunk motor hums]

Hey, how long does it take to charge?

Just a night.

[soldier 3] Fucking hell!

All right, go ahead.

[chuckles softly] Thank you.

[car motor starts]

Don't worry, Kazakh.

We'll get you next.

-Open it. -[dog barking]

-[gate creaks open] -[indistinct radio chatter]

Oh, uh, they, they left this morning. [chuckles]

I'm Yuniia Markovna. I live a couple houses down.

Uh, they packed up the car at 6:00 in the morning.

I was awake. I'm a light sleeper, usually,

and with the news changing every day...

Well...

Oh, oh, you know,

uh, four doors down that way, there's a family.

Uh, it's a husband and a wife

and, um, two sons and a daughter.

He's in the military.

Intelligence or something.

I don't know.

But he's a big deal.

They're still there.

Thank you so much.

[tense music]

[tense music stings]

[metallic click]

-[knocks on window] -[music stops]

You sent by Haide?

-[sighs] Then let's go. -[car door closes]

[tense music resumes]

-[music fades] -[radio chirps]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[suspenseful music]

[toy alarm blaring]

[alarm stops]

[Kostia] Do you think our boys will hold on to Kyiv?

Well, if they take Hostomel Airport,

-things might get pretty rough. -[indistinct radio chatter]

And this morning, they sent in troops.

Something, like, 30 or so choppers.

-I saw that. -One landed in the water.

Special courtesy of our boys.

The road's bumpy...

...but at least it's empty.

-Are you a friend of Sasha's? -No, no, I'm just helping.

[man] I served with his old man.

-And a hell of a man he was. -[car beeping]

Oh, stop! Fuck!

[tense music]

[inhales]

Drive a little slower.

[birds squawking]

Come on.

I need your help.

[both straining]

-Let's go. -[woman] Come on, guys. Let's go.

Hold it up.

-[kids coughing] -[man sighs]

They know that you're gone.

You've gotta get on the road now.

First thing, you need to get rid of your documents.

But how will we travel without them?

Trust me, you don't want them to be seen.

Yeah.

[chuckles softly]

-My name's Kostia. What's yours? -Ksiusha.

-Dania. -Mark.

Ksiusha, Dania, Mark.

I need you to listen up, okay?

Until we get to the place where your dad is,

if anyone asks you,

you gotta say I'm your dad, okay?

-You got it? -[kid] Mm-hmm.

[Kostia] Don't worry, you'll see him again soon.

[dramatic music]

[man] Hurry.

Come on.

[Kostia] As I told you, this is my family.

Let's see their documents.

No documents.

We lost almost everything when the shell hit us.

At least everyone's alive.

Open up the trunk.

[trunk motor hums]

[soldier] What are you so nervous about?

Are they even your children?

Shut up.

Roll down the window.

What's your mom's name?

Liuda.

Little boy, what's your father's name?

Kostia.

[dramatic music swells]

[trunk slams]

[soldier] All right, you can go.

[soft music]

[car approaching]

-Are those my boys? -[Mark] Daddy!

Marko, Dania! [sighs]

-You okay? -We're fine.

-[Mark] We're okay. -Well done, my superheroes.

I was really scared, Daddy. Why didn't you come get us?

I'm sorry, sweetie, I, I couldn't.

Can you forgive me?

-[air siren wailing] -[gasps]

Daddy.

Everything's okay, but it's time to go.

Let's get in the car. Come on, come on, come on, come on.

You go first.

Let's sit in there.

Thank you.

[chuckles softly]

If something had happened to them...

I'll send them to Chernivtsi with my brother and his wife.

I need to concentrate on work.

The missiles have taken off.

We've got 40 minutes.

What's that?

[zipper opens]

I'm not taking it.

[zipper closes]

What do you want?

I need passwords for the checkpoints

to get me through

so I can get more people out.

Do you know how lucky you were to get them out of there?

Next time, you might not be so lucky.

Take my advice and leave the city.

[sighs] Goodbye.

[Kostia] Hold on.

Your daughter forgot her frog.

[dramatic music]

-[car door closes] -[music fades]

[somber music]

[inhales]

[sniffs]

Hey, I was told you need to get out of Bucha, yes?

Yeah, I've got a few spots left.

Be ready to go around 4:00.

[glass shatters]

[dramatic tense music]

Take a look at this. I'm gonna keep this one.

-Look-- -[masked soldier] All right, let's just go.

-Keep walking. -Huh?

[masked soldier] I said, "Hurry up."

We've got two or three more places to hit.

Let's get in and get out.

-[car approaching] -Hey, hey!

Shit. Stand down!

[car door opens and closes]

Who ordered this?

[masked soldier] Uh, uh, we were just--

Handle this.

What, are you deaf?

-[punch lands] -[masked soldier groans]

-Answer the question. -No one. We did it!

Load it in there.

-Move it! -Yes, sir.

[masked soldier] Come on.

[distant bombs exploding]

You're seriously planting right now?

It's too dangerous.

They'll be just fine. It's past freezing time now.

Forget the flowers, I mean shelling.

I'll be quick.

Lesia is gonna be really mad.

[car approaching]

Hold it!

[tense music]

Spotters?

No, we're just planting flowers.

Artillery spotters for sure.

Get in the car.

-[gun cocks] -I said, "Get in the car!"

Come on, let's go! Faster!

[faint music playing on car stereo]

[car departs]

[soft music]

[reporter] Today, the Russian military attacked Zmiinyi Island in the Black Sea.

They approached the Ukrainian border guards with an ultimatum.

[reporter] We come to you with the hard news that the occupiers are relentless.

Yet again, night falls and the enemy resumes

its massive shelling of Ukrainian cities.

-[scoffs softly] -Explosions were heard near Kyiv and Kharkiv,

and once again Russians have shelled the commuter towns

-and damaged-- -[explosion]

[car clatters]

[man] You alive?

Are you able to move?

Careful! Watch your head.

[metallic screech]

[Nikolay] They refuse to cooperate?

-[goat bleats] -[bell dings]

They're scared, are they?

They should be scared of us.

[soldier] Fuck off!

Just tell them we're here forever.

-May I speak to you, Colonel? -What?

Boys from the second battalion caught two spotters.

They were out adjusting the fire.

What spotters? The shots came from us.

What should we do with them?

The cellar.

[tense music]

[light flickers]

-[door opens] -[Nadiia] Please, we haven't done anything.

[soldier 1] Shut up!

[soldier 2] Move it now!

Over there! Let's go!

Right there.

-Give me your hand. -[Nadiia breathing heavily]

Don't move!

[zip tie rasps]

Hey!

[gasps]

[chuckles]

-No! Don't you touch her! -[grunts]

[Nadiia groans]

Don't hurt her!

-[gunshots] -[shells clatter]

[screaming and sobbing]

You want her to die?

Then come on!

[screaming and sobbing continue]

[screaming and sobbing fading]

[suspenseful music]

[lights buzzing softly]

[echoing] Can you hear me? Hey! Can you hear me?

[normally] Where am I?

[echoing] You're in a temporary hospital.

With a concussion. How are you feeling right now?

[groans softly]

-[normally] My head's buzzing. -[echoing] That's normal.

You're lucky someone pulled you out of the car,

or you would have been burned alive.

[explosion rumbles]

[inhales deeply]

You really should get out of here.

[normally] You're not the first person to tell me that.

[echoing] Then maybe you should stop tempting God.

[normally] I'll try to go back to Kyiv.

[echoing] The battle has reached Peremohy Avenue already.

You're better off heading west.

[dramatic tense music]

[street chatter]

[screams]

[cellphone vibrates]

-[Kostia] Hey, Haide. -[Haide] Hey, Kostia. Where are you?

-We really need your help again. -Haide, come on.

-Haven't I returned the favor? -[Haide] Listen, we got a call from the chief doctor in Bucha.

They've got this girl, Katia Martynenko, seven years old.

She's badly injured.

She needs to get to the neurosurgery center immediately.

[Kostia] Hold on a second. I've got it.

[Haide] Her mother and brother died in the shelling,

and she's got a shrapnel wound to the head.

To the head?

[Haide] Kostia, you're the only hope

we've got to get her there.

Can you do it?

[suspenseful music]

Don't worry, we'll find you a car.

Akhmat is power!

-Go! -Banderas, are you ready to surrender yet?

You've got one more day to decide.

Then we're coming for all of you.

No mercy, you fucking devils!

[chuckles]

Three days? That's nonsense. That's bullshit propaganda.

Because they'll say whatever they're told.

They've been babbling about "eight years"

and fooling "Kyiv partners."

[chuckles] Hey, what the hell are you doing?

-We can't get the car to start so we're just... -It won't start.

...gonna get some water.

Can't you see we're trying to film here?

Look, don't worry.

We're still on track.

Almost according to plan.

By the way, I got the medicine. The one for Mom.

[gunshot]

Allahu Akbar. [chuckles]

-Allahu Akbar. -Jackasses.

Uh, no. no. Everything's fine.

Talk to you soon.

-Hey. -Listen, morons.

-Go back to the mountains and shoot your TikToks there. -Hey!

[laughs]

In '95 and '99.

Trust me, you don't want me to return.

Let's go.

[gun cocks]

-[gunshot] -[shell clatters]

[gunshot]

[tense music]

It's about time.

[car engine starts]

[tense pensive music]

[soldier 1] This ought to be fun.

[soldier 2] Stop!

Get out!

What are you doing here?

I'm helping people get to the other side.

Let me see your arms.

Hey, man, why are you trying to help these Nazis, huh?

If they were your family,

wouldn't you want me to help them?

I can protect my family myself, Kazakh.

Yeah, I'm Kazakh, and I'm proud of it.

When your people got deported,

it was the Kazakhs who took them in

and saved them from starving.

-[soldier grunts] -[heart beating]

Get out of here and go back to where you came from.

-Got it? -Hold on.

I need to pick up a wounded girl from the hospital.

-[gunshot] -[glass shatters]

[soldier 2] Did you not hear me, Kazakh?

[gunshots]

-I said, "Get out of here!" -[laughter]

-Come on. Go! -Get out!

-[soldier 3] Fuck off! -[soldier 2] What are you waiting for?

-[soldier 1] Get lost! -[laughter]

[laughter]

[indistinct chatter]

[cellphone beeps]

Haide.

I tried, but I couldn't get through because...

[phone clicks]

[tense music]

I hate You.

I hate You!

[sorrowful music]

[footsteps approaching]

[Ira whimpering softly]

Here we go.

-Give me your hand. -[groans softly]

-[zip tie rasps] -All right. Good.

Now rest up! You're gonna need it!

[Ira groans softly]

[door closes]

[whimpering]

Ira. Ira, sweetie, what did they do to you?

Just questioned me.

-It's okay. I'm okay. -[sobbing]

How does your leg feel?

Oh, better.

I'm not bleeding.

And it doesn't really hurt.

[sobbing]

[sorrowful music]

[tense music stings]

What a pretty face.

Hi there.

What's your name?

[woman] Katia.

My daughter's name is Katia too.

Take this.

Go on home.

Move it!

[thunder rumbling]

[cigarette box clinks]

[rain pattering]

[tense music]

[lighter clicks]

[Nikolay] The city is now under curfew.

For your own safety, of course.

You are to obey the following.

You may only go outside between 10:00 a.m. and noon.

You must stay on your own street.

Each of your homes needs to bear a sign

in Russian...

...with the number of people inside.

Move them in!

Faster!

Stand in a line.

On your knees, fuckers!

-[gunshot] -[shell clatters]

[singer vocalizing]

[gasps]

-Mm. -Don't worry about it.

[tense music]

You're all normal here.

But they were dirt.

We're here to cleanse your town...

...of all these scum.

[childlike voice reading list of names]

[inaudible dialogue]

[soft music]

[cellphone vibrating]

[cellphone clicks]

Hey, sweetie.

Don't worry, I'm on my way home.

Don't cry.

Don't you know what your mama's made of?

I can handle anything.

-[dog barks] -Just think of the vacation

we'll have this summer by the sea.

[sighs] Okay, I'll call you back later.

It's hard to pedal.

[dog barks]

[APC whirring]

[shell fires]

[soft dramatic music]

-[Haide] Hey, Kostia. -[Kostia] How's the little girl?

Uh, Katia, the one in the hospital?

I don't know. They're being shelled all the time.

-There's no service. -Haide.

Yes?

I want to get people out again.

Could you get me a pass?

Kostia, no offense, but you're not ready.

I panicked when they tried to kill me.

But I'm ready now.

Three volunteers got killed today for no reason.

They just brought some food.

Haide, please let me help.

[sighs] If you want to help,

you can deliver food and clothing.

Sorry, I gotta go.

[dramatic music]

[door opens]

[soldier] Come on, come on! Faster!

[footsteps]

-Let's go. -[Ira whimpers]

[groans softly]

-Hold still! -[groans softly]

-[zip tie rasps] -[soldier grunts]

[Ira whimpers]

[door closes]

Nadiia?

[grunts]

[faintly] Lesia, is that you?

How's Granny?

What?

Is she okay, Lesia?

Granny?

-She said to send you her love. -Oh.

Oh, that's good.

[sighs]

I thought I'd plant some petunias in front of the house.

Do you want to help me?

Of course I do.

[Nadiia] Oh.

Thank you.

Just as soon as it gets a little warm.

It's so cold right now.

So cold.

Oh, you're such a smart girl.

[soft music]

[Ira whimpering]

-[dramatic music] -[fire crackling]

They wouldn't take me.

I guess I don't have enough experience.

They said they'd call if it gets worse.

[Kostia] I say it's a good thing.

How is it good?

I feel like a coward.

Let me come and help you at least.

[air siren wailing]

No, Dima, uh...

-It's too dangerous in Kyiv right now. -[distant bombs exploding]

[Dima] I could just as easily get killed by a missile.

And if I have a choice, I'd like to be of use.

I get it, but...

Sorry, Dima, I, I'm leaving town anyway.

[Dima] Whatever. Okay. Bye.

[dramatic violin music]

[radio static]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[objects clatter]

Zelensky himself presented it to Ihor Dmytrovych last year.

Mmm. Very impressive.

Magnificent.

He never goes to any of the ceremonies.

Not the People's Artist Award or the Yaroslav Mudry Order.

He says, "If they wanted to give it, they'd come to me."

But he made an exception to get the Hero Award himself this time.

[clicks tongue] Sveta...

What? That's how it happened.

-[distant bombs exploding] -[gasps]

[debris falls]

[girl] Mommy! Mommy, I'm scared.

Come here, sweetie. It's okay.

-[reporter] The occupiers have committed... -[girl] I heard shooting.

-...to a cease-fire. -[girl] They wanna hurt us?

-No, sweetie. -Evacuation will start

-at 11:30. Humanitarian buses... -It's okay.

-I'm right here. I'm right here. -...have already set off towards

-the designated settlements. -They say there's an evacuation

-from Irpin. -But how do we get there?

-On foot. How else? -The evacuation does not always proceed smoothly.

In Demydiv, Russian occupiers opened fire...

Ihor Dmytrovych can't walk that far.

Or Mama.

But we can't just wait here and do nothing.

-[telephone ringing] -[receptionist] Look, this is an outpatient hospital,

and she's not here. What should I do?

It's the third time they've called.

Good morning. I'm here to deliver some albumin.

-Who gets the albumin? -One moment.

[keys clacking]

It's for Katia Martynenko in Ward 416.

-[in low voice] I should write that down. -Katia Martynenko from Bucha?

Yes. Do you know her?

[dramatic music]

Uh, might I drop these off?

-[nurse] Make sure you wear a coat. -Thank you.

[dramatic music]

[knocks on door]

-Katia. Hello. -Hello.

[door closes]

I brought you some medicine.

I want Vita to go to Italy with me

so she can get better too.

[chuckles softly]

I don't know, I'm not a doctor.

-But I bet she can go with you. -Thank you.

Katia.

Listen, I...

...wanna tell you how sorry I am.

Why?

[grunts softly] When you were in Bucha,

I was supposed to get you out, but... I couldn't.

Me and my dad got out yesterday.

Lida and Yulia got out too.

'Cause Lida has a wound like mine

and Yulia lost her arm.

The soldiers almost stopped us,

but our driver found another way through the woods.

Hmm. You must be very brave.

-I'm not. -Don't be sad.

My dad says the bravest people get scared, but press on anyway.

[soft emotional music]

[rhythmic beats]

These are the best.

[dramatic music]

Lots of people are still trapped,

and some of them can't reach the evacuation points.

-Did you hear from intelligence? -[soldier] This is crazy.

You have a death wish? What's your deal?

Each strip is a special operation.

You'll need to make a detailed plan so the artillery holds its fire.

It's a lot of time and resources.

Check it out. [sighs]

Composer Ihor Poklad and his family can't get out of Warsaw.

[soldier] Do you even know where your friends are?

[Kostia] They're not my friends.

So you don't even know them? [scoffs] Unbelievable.

Military targets are the main priority. End of story.

Sorry.

[Kostia] Sure. It's not like it's your family.

Vorzel, was it?

All right.

Listen up.

First, you cross the dam, then head to the road.

Then you reach their internal checkpoint in Rubezhivka.

They've got radar out there.

[whooshing]

[soldier] If they ask you about our positions,

checkpoints, fortifications,

just tell them the truth.

It means they're trying to test you.

You're dead, motherfucker!

[taps]

We could hide a camera here in your bumper.

But if they find it, they'll torture you to death

and no ID card will help.

Hey, asshole, if I find flak jacket marks, you're dead.

The bravest people are scared, but still press on.

-He's got snacks. -No, no, that's just dog food.

It's cool, I'll eat it.

Here's a phone.

They're probably gonna take it.

[stammers] Wait. Listen, how, how about next time

I bring you something normal to eat?

You know, eggs, bread, and meat for all of you.

That sounds fucking awesome.

Hey, bring me a Coke too.

[rhythmic beats continue]

What's the deal? A lot of troops?

Many. White, Black, Latino.

NATO soldiers.

Goddamn fucking shit. [grunts]

If you take too long or I find out you've been

snooping around in town, we'll fucking shoot you.

You're in and out.

As you enter Vorzel, look for Grandma Taya

and send her our regards.

Make sure to memorize everything she says.

[munching]

[tense music]

[dog barks]

-Hello. -[Taya] Hello.

-Are you Taya? -Yes.

And where did you come from?

From our boys in Shpitki.

Ah! Let us talk then.

Listen carefully,

today I saw a T-80U tank,

and a Typhoon,

three Urals, and an APC 80.

-You saw 80 APCs? -No.

Just one APC 80.

Oh! I almost forgot.

Three empty LBs too.

Thank you so much.

Take care of yourself.

You'll be safe, son.

[soft dramatic music]

[Kostia] Ihor Dmytrovych.

Ihor Dmytrovych.

[knocks on door]

Ihor Dmytrovych.

-[woman] Are you... -I've come to pick you up.

From your post on Facebook.

[chuckles relieved]

[door unlocks]

Can we bring our dogs? We have two of them.

-Sure. Grab everyone. -Thank you.

Come on.

We have to leave now.

[Kostia] Hello, sir.

Sorry, but have we met before?

No, no, but I know you well.

[dog panting]

You want some water?

[dog whimpers]

I was sure that no one would come for us.

[chuckles softly] Don't worry. Everything's gonna be okay.

How can this happen

in the 21st century?

I didn't think people would let Putin do it.

I thought they'd take to the streets,

but instead, they're... [sighs]

...supporting him.

And their celebrities.

They've all performed in Ukraine over the years.

They must know that we don't have any Nazis here.

-They follow the money. -[sighs]

[explosion rumbles]

[softly] Jesus.

My nerves.

I can't take much more of this.

[soft music]

If you'd like, we could pray together.

The Lord is my shepherd.

I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness

for His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for thou art with me.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life.

[music continues]

[inaudible chatter]

First, bring the equipment.

Then place the guards...

...and rotate them.

Make a shift schedule.

-Report back when it's done. -Yes, sir.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Where are you going?

The toilet.

It's officers only. Go dig yourself a hole.

[tense music]

[Ira groans softly]

[soldier 1] Right there.

[sighs] All right.

-[soldier 1 mumbles, panting] -[soldier 2 shouts indistinctly]

[soldier 2] I just made a business plan for us.

We should shoot a video and sell it.

It'll go viral.

What the fuck?

Come up here and I'll tell you.

[door closes]

[sighs]

-But I just wanna bring them some food. -[upbeat music]

You're out of your mind.

Sorry, it's a no-go.

Do you know what "no-go" means?

After the tip you gave us, we really smashed them up.

You can't just show up again all "I'm a volunteer."

They're not stupid.

I mean, they are, but not that stupid.

If I don't go back now, then they'll know

I had something to do with it.

[huffs]

You stubborn little shit.

Go before I change my mind.

Guys, let him through.

Look, he brought your Coke.

And canned meat.

[tense music]

[pool balls collide]

[upbeat music playing]

[singer vocalizing]

[sniffs]

You call this music?

[officer] I guess the old man's a celebrity.

He got an award from Zelensky.

-[record scratches] -[song stops]

[Nikolay] Well, if he's such a big deal...

...can somebody explain to me...

...how he managed to leave?

[Yahodin laughs]

His name is... [grunts softly] Poklad.

[grunts softly]

He's a composer.

[piano cover opens]

You know the cartoon with the three Cossacks?

That's him.

[plays piano]

And Ukrainian operas.

He writes those too.

[playing piano]

[tense music]

Did you forget, Yahodin...

...that there's no such thing as Ukrainian...

...opera?

And that Ukraine...

...doesn't even exist.

-[piano cover closes] -[groaning]

I know that. That's not what I meant at all.

Forgive me.

[hand crushing]

[groans]

Nikolay Ivanovich...

...won't you play something, huh?

Come here, guys. Please, sir.

[playing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ]

[dramatic music]

Save me.

[inaudible chatter]

[music ends]

[sniffles] Bravo.

Now that's what music should be.

Am I right?

To the great Russian culture.

[all] To the great Russian culture.

[soft piano music]

[Kostia] Come on.

[Ira whimpering]

[soldier] I've got you. You're safe here.

-It's over. -[Ira sobbing]

Everything's gonna be okay.

Let's get you warm.

It's okay. It's okay. I got you.

Come on.

Sit right here. Let me give you some water.

Here. There you go.

[line ringing]

-[Dima] Hello. -Dima.

Do you still wanna help get people out?

[upbeat music]

Who's this guy?

Dima. He's gonna help me.

[soldier] Why not charter some buses? The Kostiantyn tour.

Look, we're dealing with orcs here. This is life and death.

Tell that to the people who are stuck.

Fine. But you gotta wait a bit.

-[explosion rumbles] -They're shelling.

[pouring]

Tell me, Kostia, how's that girl doing?

She got out of Ukraine.

She's in rehabilitation abroad.

We'll find them.

I don't know how...

...but I promise you, Kostia, we'll find every single one.

Why'd you have to bring a child here anyway?

-I'm 20, you know. -Shush.

The adults are talking.

Does your mom know you're here?

I don't have a mom.

I'm an orphan.

[emotional music]

It's okay.

One day I'll have a house and a wife.

Kids of my own.

Kostia.

If either of you get hurt,

I'll kill you myself.

-[rain pattering] -[thunder rumbles]

[suspenseful music]

[Yahodin] Colonel? Sir, I have what you've requested.

Well, hello.

What's your name?

-[Vladimir] Vladimir. -Outstanding name.

-Patronymic. -[Vladimir] Leonidovich.

[Nikolay grunts softly]

A pleasure.

I'm Nikolay Ivanovich.

Please have a seat.

[Nikolay sighs]

[lighter clicking]

[tense music]

Vladimir Leonidovich...

...these gentlemen and I need your assistance.

I don't know anything.

I'm not a soldier. I'm just a locksmith.

Don't underestimate yourself...

...Vladimir Leonidovich.

I was told you were the top locksmith...

...in Bucha.

Do you need me to repair something?

[Yahodin chuckles]

[Nikolay] Why don't I show you?

Here.

We need it opened

with everything intact.

Uh...

I don't do this kind of thing.

Um...

What I mean is, I, I don't know how to.

No.

Vladimir Leonidovich...

...I don't think this task requires any extra special skills.

And don't worry about it. You have plenty of time.

Uh, no, I...

I can't do it.

Vladimir Leonidovich...

...it's a matter of life and death for me.

Or rather, for you.

Your life... or your death.

But what if I can't do it?

At least give it a try.

No harm in trying, right?

[laughs]

[Nikolay] As soon as you're finished, you're free to go.

My word as an officer.

[reporter] The commander of the 13th Tank Regiment,

part of the Kantemyriv Division,

shot himself after being defeated

by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Trostyanets.

Poor little orc.

[soldier] All right, you've got one hour.

[car approaching]

[tires screeching]

-What's in the bags? -[soldier] Uh, just food.

Put it in the trunk.

Move it!

[Kostia] This is Dima, he's a friend of mine.

Oh, thank you.

-Hello. -[Taya] Hello.

[Kostia] We brought you some food.

Oh. That's so kind of you.

We can't cook anymore...

...because the smoke attracts these,

these... animals.

Anything new?

There's been talk about a rotation.

Our guys really smashed them good.

The new ones will be coming in from either Krasnoyarsk

or Krasnodarsk.

[sighs] I'm so sick of them.

Scum.

When are we gonna win?

No later than April.

[explosion rumbling]

-Good afternoon. -[Kostia] Good afternoon.

-[woman] You're the one taking people out? -Yeah.

Could you please take us too? We're all packed and ready.

I, I'm sorry, but there's just no space.

We can squeeze in.

I just can't handle the shelling anymore.

[Kostia] Listen, don't worry.

We'll come back at the same time tomorrow

and we'll pick you up then.

-Is that okay? -Thank you.

Thank you so much for doing this.

[sorrowful music]

[woman mumbling sings "Two Colors"]

[woman sniffles]

[continues singing softly]

[female voice] When the missile hit,

I prayed for three days,

asking God to send down an angel.

I lived through the Second World War.

When the Germans were here, I had my first taste of chocolate.

Two of my brothers died in that war.

I've seen Nazis and fascists.

But I never thought we'd be bombed by Russians.

We should go.

I've got another family to pick up.

[woman] Of course.

[dramatic music]

[music stops]

[Dima] When they found me...

[soft music]

...all I had on me was this cross.

That's it.

And you know...

...I always thought it must have been my fault.

That I was bad.

Good kids don't end up abandoned.

Do they?

Good kids don't get left behind.

It hurts so bad.

But then this lady, Katarina Lukianivna...

She was the janitor.

Must have been, like, 80 or even older.

They couldn't fire her.

She'd been at the orphanage

since the first day it opened.

And this one day...

...she came to me and said...

..."Dima, listen.

And never forget this.

We're not guilty for the evil...

...that others have done."

[tense music]

That's... Poklad's, the Ukrainian composer.

-[gunshot] -[body thuds]

[inaudible]

Now, take it out...

...and burn it.

Yes, sir.

[light bulb buzzing]

[soldier] Stop there! I said, "Stop!"

What the fuck are you doing out here?

There's a curfew, you know?

I'm sorry, we couldn't find the address.

Enough of your bullshit.

Where are the other passengers?

Never mind. A full inspection.

Take your clothes off now.

Don't just stand there. That goes for you too.

Would you force your mother to do that?

-You little-- -[woman] That's okay.

I don't mind it, son.

I'll undress too.

-[soldier] Do it then. -Wait a minute.

This woman, she lost

-two brothers in the war. -[woman mumbling sings "Two Colors"]

Yeah? So what? Wanna join 'em? Come on, come on, let's go.

Maybe you're a spotter like the old lady we caught yesterday.

[continues singing softly]

[soldier] Come on, come on.

[continues singing softly]

-I said, "Lose all of it." -[laughs]

[continues singing softly]

[light bulb buzzes, explodes]

I'm so sorry for this.

[melancholic piano music]

[incoming call rings]

-[Kostia] Yeah? -[Haide] Kostia, I've been told

you're not doing your pickups alone.

Is that true?

Yeah, it's Dima. I'm able to get more people out when he's with me.

[Haide] But you surely realize that he has a Ukrainian passport,

which means he's a lot more likely to be killed than you are.

Haide, I'm the one who's out here,

and I've got a handle on the situation.

[Haide] Kostia, look, we can't stop you,

but we strongly discourage you from doing this.

[call ends]

[tense music]

-[punch lands] -[spits]

We know that there were five. [sniffs]

Where are the other Nazis?

-[sighs] -You want me to shove this grenade

down your throat, motherfucker?

-Stand down! -[Stanislav groans]

Put the grenade away, moron!

Let me fill you in, Colonel.

We just captured this Ukrainian traitor.

We think there are several more. [sniffs]

What happened there?

[scoffs] His tattoo had to go.

Serves him right for choosing a trident.

[light slap]

Idiot.

Good evening.

I'm Nikolay Ivanovich.

-[Stanislav huffs] -You thirsty?

[Stanislav groans]

You're fascists.

Do you even know that you're a bunch of fascists?

[Stanislav pants]

If you're sure about that...

...then why scream it?

Screaming is...

...a sign of weakness.

Everyone in this world is the same.

When the Americans dislike a government,

they overthrow it.

Is that not the truth?

Yugoslavia.

Hmm.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria.

-[Stanislav groaning] -Sure, they come up with... [sighs]

...a nice justification.

The only difference between us...

[inhales]

...is that we...

[exhales]

...are honest.

[chuckling]

We've made ourselves clear.

We intend to replace your government...

...with a better one. That's all.

And life would carry on.

Believe me, you'd be better off...

...if your beloved Zelensky

really cared about his people.

-Then he would have surrendered. -[sighs]

But instead...

...we'll get exactly what we planned for.

[Stanislav sighing]

Only thousands will die.

Innocent people.

Why should a young man like you have to die?

[sighing]

You've got your whole life to live.

-Got a wife? -[Stanislav] Yes.

[Nikolay] Children?

[groans softly] A son.

Kirill, three years old.

[tense music]

[Nikolay] Imagine...

...your son growing up without you.

But not if you give us...

...information.

Then we can exchange you.

If you agree to cooperate...

...then we'll set you free.

I give you my word as an officer.

Stanislav Savitskiy.

Second Corps, 206th Battalion.

There's no need to rush.

Cigarette?

Yeah.

[lighter clicks]

[cellphone chimes]

Glory to Ukraine.

Grenade!

-[pin unlocks] -[gasps]

-[grenade explodes] -[car alarms beeping]

[brooding music]

[dramatic music]

[explosion rumbles]

Oh, fuck!

-[groaning] -Hold on, man.

-What do you want here? -We come through here regularly.

We bring in food and medicine. The guys before you knew us.

-Kazakh? -Yes, I'm from Kazakhstan.

And this is Dima. He's helping me out.

Wait. What's going on? Wait.

-[soldier] Sir. -Where are you going?

[pin unlocks]

[grenade explodes]

No! Dima! [straining]

He's a Banderist. He's better off dead.

[inaudible]

You have 30 seconds to leave.

Right now!

[music fades]

[suspenseful music]

-[whimpers softly] -[heart beating]

[heart beats rapidly]

[Kostia] ♪ When you were here before ♪

♪ Couldn't look you in the eye ♪

[high-pitched ringing]

[sniffles] ♪ Just like an angel ♪

♪ Your skin makes me cry ♪

♪ You float like a feather ♪

♪ In a beautiful world ♪

♪ I wish I was special ♪

♪ Just so fuckin' special ♪

[sniffles]

[chorus] ♪ But I'm a creep ♪

♪ I'm a weirdo ♪

♪ What the hell Am I doin' here? ♪

-♪ I don't belong here ♪ -[inaudible]

♪ She's running out ♪

-♪ Again ♪ -[vocalizing]

-♪ She's running out ♪ -[soldier speaks muffled]

♪ She run ♪

-[soldier continues muffled] -♪ Run, run ♪

-♪ Run ♪ -[muffled] Kostia!

[screams, normally] Kostia!

[breathing shakily]

I was moving from Kyiv to Bucha.

So I hired a couple of guys to help me.

One of them was...

...pretty thin with glasses.

Didn't look anything like a mover.

[sniffles]

Afterwards... as Kazakh tradition dictates,

I invited them for lunch.

Most of them said, "No, no, thank you, but we couldn't.

We'll just take the cash."

But one guy stayed behind and asked if he could have lunch with me.

So we did.

And we talked all night long.

[sorrowful music]

Turned out, he grew up in an orphanage.

That struck me.

[breathes loudly]

You know, most kids who grow up like he did

spend their lives angry,

feeling like the world wronged them.

[sobbingly] But he was such a good kid.

So gentle and kind.

Do you know what he did when he first got his own apartment?

He got a dog.

Because he didn't want to live alone.

[sobbing]

I brought him some...

...authentic Kazakh pilaf

and do you know what he said to me?

"You know... Uncle Kostia, you're like a dad to me.

[sighing] Like a father.

Like a dad."

Pride is the deadliest sin there is.

[crying]

[music intensifies]

I got my son killed because of pride.

[music fades]

[soft music]

[incoming call rings]

[faintly] Who are you?

Who the fuck are you?

[normally] Oh, so you're that Kazakh.

[speaks in Ukrainian]

Speak Russian, for fuck's sake.

I could, but we're in Ukraine.

You big fan of Ukraine?

Yeah. Learn your history.

Your ancestors spilled blood here,

fighting alongside the Ukrainians.

And now... you wanna kill their descendants.

You're the Nazis here.

Look, you, we're just following orders.

So just shut up and leave.

I wanna talk to the senior officer.

[tense music]

[pool balls collide]

[door opens]

[Yahodin] Colonel, sir, we've got a guy from Kazakhstan

who wants to talk to you.

Why have you come here?

[speaking in Ukrainian]

If you don't understand Ukrainian, I can speak Russian.

-Then speak Russian, bitch! -Cool it.

Sorry.

Speak how you like.

Is it death you seek?

So where did you study?

-Yekaterinburg. -[pool balls collide]

That's funny.

[music continues]

I lived there for a while.

In Oktyabrskaya Square.

Did you live in the theater?

There's no residences in that square.

Here, I am God.

[pool balls collide]

So what do you want?

Let me bury the dead people.

What dead people?

The common people.

Their bodies have been in the streets for weeks,

gnawed on by dogs.

Let them rest in their own ground.

Why would a citizen of Kazakhstan

want to die for Ukrainians?

Who said that this was their ground?

For hundreds of years, this land was Russia.

Russians... founded it and spilled their blood for it.

Back in 1991,

Ukraine had 52 million people.

Now it's got 38, tops.

Who killed the 14 million? Was it me?

I want to save this country.

And nothing's going to stop me.

Because I know what's at stake here.

There's nothing that's more important.

Our very survival is at stake.

And I know for sure,

it will only take ten years to get them thinking straight.

And whoever resists the change... their choice.

I think they were doing perfectly fine without you.

[music continues]

Why have you come here?

Is it death you seek?

No.

I seek God.

[Nikolay] There is no God here.

Why would a citizen of Kazakhstan

want to die for Ukrainians?

They say the hottest places in hell

are reserved for those

who in times of great moral crisis,

maintain their neutrality.

[gun clicks]

As you wish. You may bury them.

But right where you find them.

[sorrowful music]

[panting]

[bird squawking]

["Let Me Touch You Once ft. 070 Shake" by Christine and the Queens]

[singer humming]

[reporter 1] ...his military is still...

[reporter 2] ...using drones to find artillery.

[overlapping voices of reporters]

-♪ Flexing ♪ -[reporter 3] This is the night vision...

[overlapping voices of reporters]

-♪ Flexing ♪ -♪ Flexing hard ♪

-[inaudible chatter] -♪ Flexing hard ♪

♪ Flexing slow ♪

♪ Flexing slow ♪

♪ See my abs ♪

♪ See my abs ♪

♪ I'm your man ♪

♪ I'm your man ♪

♪ As I am ♪

-[music stops] -[indistinct chatter]

[soft dramatic music]

[soldier] We have an order to arrest her.

But we're just volunteers evacuating people.

Do I look like I care?

We have intel that she's with security services

and a Nazi to boot.

A Nazi? Really?

She's a Hebrew teacher,

and her paralyzed mother lives at home.

Mama.

Mama.

You guys always bring up your mamas

as if that'll actually work here.

Take her away.

This is Ukrainian territory.

You have no power to arrest anyone here.

You hear me?

[gun clicks]

You wanna see power?

-[gunshots] -[shells clatter]

[tense music]

Then you're gonna have to kill me.

No problem.

-[gun cocks] -You ready, asshole?

I've long been ready.

[wings flapping]

[somber music]

[singer vocalizing]

[thunder rumbles]

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

[soldier] We have orders. Get lost!

[sighs] If you wanna take these people, then you'll have to kill us.

Stand back or die!

I said, "Stand back!"

We're not gonna let you have them.

[dramatic music]

Somebody get the car!

[APC engine starts]

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[soft tense music]

[soldier 1] So yesterday our column was coming back.

-And it was a Tiger... -[soldier 2] Huh?

...and two Typhoons and--

Oh, fuck.

Oh, sorry, bro. My bad.

-And that Tiger was completely destroyed, bro. -[grunts]

-The blast sent our guys flying like 15 feet away. -Hmm?

I'm talking legs, arms, broken bones all over.

It's a fucking mess. A real meat grinder.

-Huh. -So, dudes start turning it down.

I mean, who the fuck would sign up for this?

But if you refuse to serve,

-you get court martialed, straight to prison. -Huh.

And our dickhead Commander Smirnoff

thinks he's a fucking military genius.

All he does is send our boys to the front lines

with shitty equipment.

-[grunts] -Fucking UAZ from fucking GAZ.

So fucked up.

Fuck my life.

-Mmm. -Give me that.

There you go.

[quirky dramatic music]

It's done.

Have fun playing.

It's all right. [sniffs]

You just need to gather some strength.

[sniffs]

And who's gonna do it?

Our fake ass marshal?

If we were back in Stalin's times,

he'd have been shot by now.

No choice left.

It's either us or them.

[door opens]

Nikolay Ivanovich, there's a crisis.

You need to take a look.

-What happened here? -[soldier] Need water.

[coughs]

Please help me.

By the look of it, they had gone out looting.

They must have gotten wasted.

They were fighting over the spoils...

[chuckling] ...and ended up shooting each other.

Help me.

Please, help me.

Take me to the hospital.

[coughing]

[gunshot]

What should we do with him?

Burn him.

[explosion]

[high-pitched ringing]

[wheezing]

[dramatic music]

[ice cracks]

[music fades]

[soft music]

Are you out of your minds? A crowd this big?

We're like sitting ducks for Russian orcs.

Nope, it's done.

-What do you mean? -[Kostia] Bucha and Vorzel are free.

-[soldier] Are you for real? -Uh-huh.

I told you this would be over by April.

[laughs]

I guess this means I won't see you again.

I wouldn't say that. Unlike my ancestors, I plan to stay.

[laughs]

I'm a Lithuanian Jew living in Kazakhstan.

And now I see that you can't run from evil.

It's not a thing that can be reasoned or bargained with.

[triumphant music]

You have to stand your ground.

-[inaudible chatter] -You have to stand your ground where you are,

or it will follow you wherever you go.

Ukrainians, the people who gave me a home, stood their ground.

They've shown the whole world how we're meant to live.

They've proven we're better off living in darkness,

but with a light in our hearts.

Freezing, but with warmth in our souls.

They didn't run away.

And neither will I.

We will never run away.

[singer vocalizing]

[music fades]

[soft piano music]

[Ukrainian mellow song]

[song ends]

[song resumes]

-[song ends] -[explosion]

[suspenseful music]

[reporter] The Kyiv region is free

from the occupiers.

Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar

confirmed this on her social media.

Among the liberated towns...

-The emergency services have begun demining the roads. -[coughing]

But at this time, we cannot be certain whether...

[woman] Are you gonna be gone a whole week?

[tense music]

No, I told you, three days.

No need to get mad. I'm just asking.

We have to start all over.

Only this time, it's worse.

But don't worry.

We've got it under control.

Now they know we're serious.

Where are you going?

[pouring]

Kherson.

Maybe we shouldn't have messed with Ukraine.

-[clattering] -[gasps]

-[tense music] -[clock ticking]

Dad, they're exactly what I wanted.

[music fades]

[Ukrainian rock song]

[song continues]

[song ends]

[Ukrainian indie song]

-[song ends] -[scraping]