"Give Me Back My Name": Kyiv screens war reporter Kushnir’s film on search for missing servicemen. PHOTOS
Kyiv’s Zhovten cinema hosted the premiere screening of the documentary film "Give Me Back My Name," authored by war reporter Marian Kushnir.
This was reported by Censor.NET.
"Give Me Back My Name" is a film about missing persons: the return of the bodies of the dead, their identification and restoration of names; about relatives who have been searching for years for their loved ones who went to war but disappeared.
Media representatives, human rights advocates, diplomats, servicemen, and relatives of missing fighters attended the event. Some of the women cried while watching the film.
Addressing those present, Marian Kushnir noted that about 80,000 families are currently "in a difficult status" — their loved ones are considered missing without trace. "For me, restoring a name means that I can calmly look relatives (of the missing and the fallen – ed.) in the eyes. When relatives say goodbye to that name, they can try to live their lives. Because before that, they do not have one," he stressed.
The journalist said that the film will be available to watch on Radio Liberty's website.
The journalist said the film will be available to watch on Radio Svoboda’s pages. In turn, one of the film’s protagonists, Oleksii Yukov, head of the "Platsdarm" search group, which searches for fallen and missing servicemen, noted that to help each family of missing persons, one must feel their pain. "And we, unfortunately, forget that we have one front for everyone… We forget that we need to unite and stick together," he added.
Deputy Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine for work with personnel, Brigadier General Valentyn Ostrizhnyi, stressed that "the whole world must see this film." According to him, the international community must understand "what inhuman beings of the aggressor country are" and step up assistance to Ukraine.
In addition, in the cinema hall, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Lebedenko awarded Marian Kushnir, for assistance to the military, with a Commendation from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
An interview with Marian Kushnir was published on Censor.NET today. You can read it via the link.
