- Hello?
- Hi, Mum. It's me.
- Hi.
- Do you have a few minutes to talk?
Son, are you still out
in enemy territory?
- Of course.
- Where, more or less?
Mum, I can't tell you that
over the phone.
You're not allowed to call us?
No.
What city are you in?
We're not in a city.
We're driving through villages.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT CALLED
LOVED ONES. UKRAINE'S SECRET SERVICE
INTERCEPTED THE CALLS, WHICH THEY
HAVE RELEASED SINCE THE INVASION.
THE CALLS IN THIS FILM WERE RECORDED
BETWEEN MARCH AND NOVEMBER 2022.
Darling, my sunshine,
I'm so worried about you.
These damned Khokhols
are not giving up.
"KHOKHOLS" AND "BANDERITES"
ARE HATEFUL INSULTS
USED BY RUSSIANS
TO REFER TO UKRAINIANS.
Why do you think it's going to last?
Katia told me it would be over
by March.
When are you taking Kyiv?
We don't know anything.
But it's going to last a while.
Are you in Belarus or Kyiv now?
Why are you talking about Belarus?
I'm in Ukraine.
Where are you sleeping?
Are you in a proper home?
Sleeping in a bed?
Yes, we don't sleep a lot.
But yeah, in a house.
OK.
At least you have shoes and clothes.
Yes, we've got all that.
Can you believe
they live better here than we do?
-Yeah...
-They wear brand-name clothing.
Yeah, of course they do,
since the West is helping them out.
They get clothes and all that.
It's a lot easier to move around
wearing civilian shoes.
Over there, they've got apartments,
furniture, all sorts of...
Yeah, I mean, everything
has been re-done. I thought...
Where are you? In a town
or in a village?
In a sort of little village,
with eight-storey buildings,
all furnished...
Know what, love?
The food here is so good!
They gave us ice cream.
It was so good!
- We were going--
- The locals gave it to you?
No way. Our men
looted some of the shops here
and handed out some ice cream.
And wow, was it good!
And the fruit juice
was also delicious.
And it costs 13 to 15 hryvnias,
so about 30 to 40 roubles a litre.
Wow.
I'm really starting to wonder
what the point
of this whole damn operation is.
I mean, from what I'm seeing,
it doesn't seem
as if the locals are all that happy.
Hello?
Hi, Lilichka.
Hi. Where were you today?
Today, the parachutists...
There were 900 in the regiment
and there are only 300 left.
They just came back.
They're not being sent home?
Why would they?
The only way to leave here
is in a van with a red cross on it.
Just so you know,
we're not in Crimea.
I think we'll be done here soon.
- Done?
- Yeah.
Either...
we crush these damned cities
starting tomorrow...
and k*ll them all,
we destroy these Khohkhol dogs...
or we'll all be sent back home
soon enough.
We've got a nice set-up here.
We built ourselves a mini-sauna
and were able to wash up.
I got washed with hot water
from head to toe,
it was incredible.
And you washed all your things?
My things? I've already gotten rid
of a lot of my things.
You don't have anything left?
Well, I've still got some socks
and underwear,
but I need to wash them.
- Hello?
- Can you hear me?
I was telling you that they told us
that there will be lots
of civilians where we're going,
and we've received orders
to k*ll anyone we come across.
What the hell for?
Because they could give away
our position.
I saw a forest
filled with dead bodies.
Worse than a cemetery.
There are bodies lying
all over the place there,
nothing but civilians.
And we'll have to do the same thing.
We'll have to k*ll any civilians
who come through here.
I told you that I wasn't going
to k*ll anyone, damn it.
- Did you hear me?
- Yes.
Why aren't you saying anything?
I'm in shock!
- Mum just called me, Andrei.
- What?
Somebody told her
you guys would be sent
back home soon.
No, we were told we would be going
to Belarus, then to Smolensk.
I don't know anything else.
Why the f*ck to Belarus or Smolensk?
I don't know.
They don't tell us anything.
We're waiting for everyone
to be deployed now.
I'm one of the last.
I stole some make-up...
for you girls.
Oh, sweetheart!
Always thinking of home,
of your family.
It's just a few samples,
but still...
Nice, like a souvenir from Ukraine.
Cool.
What Russian wouldn't steal, though?
I also got some women's shoes,
New Balance,
they're really nice. Size 38.
They're for Sofia then.
They're navy blue.
They look really cool.
Everything is good quality here,
especially the clothes...
All the guys must've taken stuff.
You can't be the only one.
They're filling up entire bags
with stuff.
I wish I could,
but I don't have a bag.
I'd like to take a computer,
but that could get me into trouble.
Sofia will be at uni soon.
She'll need a good computer.
There's a very athletic family here.
I stole lots of expensive vitamins
from them.
Yeah, I can understand
why you'd steal vitamins.
They've got brand-new football
and hockey jerseys too!
Take anything you can, Andrei,
anything you find.
And we could always use
some new shirts.
The clothes are high-quality here.
I couldn't believe it
when I came in this house.
Do you see how they were living
compared to us?
And they're fighting us over that,
telling us,
"We had a good life,
and then you came along".
The house
is furnished really nicely.
I wish you could bring back
a pergola.
There's really pretty stone cladding
all around it.
- I can imagine.
- Too bad it's over here.
If we ever go to Syria,
I want to build
the same exact thing for us.
Russia is such a stingy country.
We get paid so terribly.
But here, we've been in the sauna
for two days straight.
I mean, I can hear it in your voice,
you're a bit happier than before.
But there's a family living here...
There's no sportswear?
Are there really explosions
and m*ssile strikes?
- It's all true, yes.
- How awful!
Yeah, let me tell you...
I'm in the middle of it all.
Who's firing?
Our men or the Banderites?
Everyone.
Sh*t.
But, you know, we're catching
lots of Nazis here.
I've stopped counting.
This morning, we captured
three little Nazis.
We destroyed them.
You're not too far
from Kyiv now, right?
No, we haven't moved at all.
We've actually moved back a bit.
Everything was on fire there.
They fired missiles.
It all went up in flames,
so we had to get the hell out.
Same thing yesterday.
They're everywhere, those rats!
Don't you be going
into any village...
Everyone's saying that...
when we catch them
and we break their fingers,
it doesn't have any effect.
No, they're like the Banderites
during the Second World w*r.
Our grandparents who fought them
said that they were relentless.
Sh*t, they're even more determined
than the fascists.
What do the locals think of you?
Have you seen any?
The locals are starting
to get really bitter,
because their farming
and all their industry
has come to a standstill.
There was a mother
walking with her two children.
Our men shot her down,
in front of her kids.
Of course, she was an enemy too.
No matter what.
You thought I was dead?
Did you already have me buried?
Why would I have you buried?
It's too early.
Much too early.
Have you seen any NATO bases
over there yet?
No, not yet.
Because we're seeing
a lot of NATO bases on TV,
and they're telling us
they've all been bombed.
That's bollocks.
Don't believe that. It's not true.
Well, keep your head down.
Don't leave the trench too much.
Hi, how are you, my darling?
Nothing special. So-so.
Why so-so?
We're sending 20 men in to fight.
- You too?
- Yes.
Son, try not to be one
of the first to go out, OK?
It doesn't matter
if you're first or second.
They send us out
and it's only to die.
When are they sending you out?
They wanted us to go out today
and yesterday too.
We've already accepted it.
If we're sent out,
we're not coming back alive.
Are you eating OK?
Fine, we k*lled an Alabai dog
the day before yesterday.
- A what?
- An Alabai.
What? You're eating dogs?
Yeah, sometimes.
We wanted some meat,
so we k*lled a dog.
You don't have anything to eat?
Yes, we do,
but we're tired of our rations.
We've already eaten
all the chickens and geese.
- Well, sh*t!
- No, no, it's fine.
The fighting was so intense there.
There are so many dead bodies.
Our men, Ukrainians...
The airport passed from one side
to the other over and over.
The basement is such a disaster!
When we left from there
for Chernobyl,
the bodies
had already started to rot.
They were all just piled
on top of one another.
And it wasn't any better
in Mariupol... with the odour.
There are bodies
under all the rubble,
crushed cats...
and there are bodies
in every street.
We pull them out and that's it.
Where are we supposed to put them?
We can't bury them
out in the street.
There was a guy
from the Ukrainian army
who was still alive
when we captured Azovsta.
He was wounded,
so we bandaged him up.
We wanted to take him back
to the command post...
but he died before we got there.
We dragged him to the side
of the road and covered his body,
but people who drove past
either didn't know he was there
or had forgotten,
and they drove over his body
about a dozen times.
That's insane.
I don't even know what to say.
Our brigade is really in bad shape.
Half of our lads
are either dead or wounded.
- That's basically it.
- I see.
A m*ssile shard hit me in the head.
They're bombarding us.
- Are you scared?
- Of course.
Moukhanorov isn't coming back,
is he? You didn't want to tell me.
Why did you tell me
that you went to the mosque?
It was the only thing I could do.
Are you scared of something?
No, everything's fine.
How awful...
We're worried sick back here.
I'm taking pills just to be able...
Stop it! Don't take any pills.
You received some money today.
I don't need anything, darn.
Wait, let me finish...
It was a transfer
from the VTB federal bank.
I don't give a toss
about money right now.
Promise me you'll stay alive
and healthy.
- Hi!
- Hi, Sonny!
- How are you?
- I'm OK.
Daddy, I love you!
Come home as soon as you can.
- I promise.
- Hi, Daddy!
We love and miss you.
Hi, my babies.
Come back home soon.
We're waiting for you.
Can you hear me?
Lisa told me
her school
did a humanitarian aid collection.
Lisa sent me some socks.
She also wrote me a letter:
"Valeriy Babaev,
this is Lisa Babaeva writing to you.
Please k*ll all the Ukrainians
as fast as possible
so you can come back home".
To do what as fast as possible?
"To k*ll all the Ukrainians as fast
as possible so you can come home".
- She's right, the little thing.
- Yeah.
So they're collecting donations
for Ukrainians in schools?
Yes, everywhere.
For who? The soldiers or civilians?
- For the soldiers.
- OK.
To hell with these Ukrainians!
What business did we have
going into Ukraine?
We want to annex it, fine.
And then what?
Annex what?
Ukraine. What would that
have changed?
Hold on, they supposedly have
atomic weapons.
If they'd dropped one on us,
we'd have done the same right back.
Your political education
is very bad over there, it seems.
You don't seem motivated at all...
Listen, politics,
in general, just...
You're defending your people,
your country.
And you don't even know what
you're doing over there, you say.
What people? Huh?
You think Putin cares
about the people?
All he cares about is territory.
And power.
You're a moron.
- Yeah, sure. Alright.
- Morons, complete idiots.
If you ask anyone here,
they never need any help.
It's not defence.
We're not defending anyone here.
We're just defending our borders,
to keep the Americans
from setting up nuclear weapons.
Did you know they discovered
laboratories in Ukraine?
All of our livestock are sick.
Even the coronavirus
came from there.
That's ridiculous.
And how would they have managed...
to do that and still keep
their own livestock from dying?
Well, the Americans
are working with the Ukrainians.
And they're doing all of this
from Ukraine? Is that right?
Right.
OK, even if that were true...
what would they do next?
I mean... that's politics.
There are lots of farms here.
It's not like back home.
There's more livestock here
than back home.
But it's so obvious. Do you know
how many animals have died here?
What are you talking about?
And their animals aren't dying?
They must be conducting
experiments somewhere, right?
Oh, absolutely.
Well, it'll just come back
to bite them in the a*se.
Well, it doesn't seem so.
It's always like that.
They had it all planned.
What did Biden say?
When will this be over?
He won't stop saying
awful things about Putin.
- America has interests here.
- Of course they do.
I think
this whole situation was created
to draw us into the w*r.
I think the Americans
dragged the Ukrainians into this
so that we both went to w*r,
and so that we lose,
in order to destroy our economy.
Things are really hard
economically right now.
Things are going
just as they planned for now,
all according to a plan
laid out by the Americans.
Another six months of w*r,
and you won't be able
to come back to Russia,
because it won't exist anymore.
People only believe
what they see for themselves.
But in Russia, they're saying...
that you're taking
one city after another.
That that's the truth.
Yeah, sure! While we're over here
taking a beating and constantly
having to retreat.
- You're really retreating?
- Yes, we are.
A first group went out today,
and another will go out tomorrow.
We were supposed to move out today,
but we got lost.
We have no idea where to go now.
We're completely lost.
So everything they're saying
back here in Russia...
It's bollocks!
What's the point
of telling you the truth,
if it'll just make you worry
and become hysterical?
Such a little village,
and we still can't manage
to take it.
There are trenches and bunkers.
And we're attacking tanks on foot.
We're getting slaughtered.
They need to send in the air force
to burn everything down.
Of course.
Our volunteers went in,
but the tank and gear burnt.
The armoured vehicle
and the reconnaissance team too.
I mean, there's a reason
we're retreating again.
Koulik is injured.
Something hit him in the jaw.
Other guys have concussions
or serious injuries
to their legs or shoulders.
There are basements
under all the buildings here,
not like back home.
- They're insane.
- And their gardens...
They live out in their gardens!
And they have so much livestock.
We opened the basements
and said, "Everyone out
or we'll thrown grenades down".
"No, please!"
They surrendered
and four guys came out.
We ex*cuted them after that.
We go in wherever we can,
civilian or not.
We're taking all their tins.
There's no point
in showing any mercy.
Of course not, my love.
They're all traitors.
I saw three sheep, and I told
one of our guys to k*ll one.
"Please, no!"
I mean, we need to eat.
I don't care. It's not our fault
that we were sent here
to protect all of you back home.
Thank you...
for not forgetting about us.
They're bombarding you?
Every day.
Those bloody Khokhols!
They're monsters.
Right now, we're actually losing.
You say you're losing,
but all we hear is you're winning.
They only spout bullsh*t on TV.
Things are a lot different
in reality.
How so?
They're putting
so much pressure on us.
They don't have a choice.
They try to get through at night.
But they can't manage.
We've got it under control.
What do you mean, they can't manage?
They try to get through at night,
and you sh**t them?
Yeah.
What can you do about it?
They chose their fate then.
I don't feel bad for them.
Me neither. I don't feel bad at all.
Not even towards the civilians.
Me neither.
The ones who wanted to leave
are already gone, so anyone else...
You can sh**t them down.
Yes, we've already k*lled them.
They decided to stay,
so we don't give a sh*t.
- Are you making kebabs?
- We're making ...
Yes... make Khokhol kebabs!
Is that what you're making?
k*ll them all.
k*ll all those b*stards.
k*ll them and turn them
into kebab skewers.
We're being tapped.
I hope it's our guys
listening to us.
I want to tell them they're nothing
but gigantic poofs,
and that, if they can't go
and burn in hell now,
then they at least deserve to go
to prison in horrible conditions.
They deserve a shove handle
up the a*se,
just like the shovels they use
to r*pe prisoners.
Do you hear me?
That's what I want them to hear.
If they're listening, I want them
to hear me say that.
Because...
No.
And the first...
You know, everyone...
As long as there's food
still in the shops...
There's not much time left
before unemployment
comes our way, you know.
- It's coming, yes.
- Absolutely, it is.
And strangely enough,
the men who've lost their jobs
are all between 20 and 40 years old.
It's all our men who've left...
No, I'm not talking about bloggers.
There were lots of people
who worked in our shops.
They'll go work in factories,
in plants, in fields...
They'll take care
of vegetable gardens
and grow Russian produce.
We'll refuse any useless products
from the West.
Clothing and everything else.
Are you mad?
Our economy can't grow
without those products.
The economy can't grow
without partnerships.
If our country closes itself off,
it will all turn to sh*te.
Putin has officially rejected
the dollar.
Now, we can only exchange
in the yuan.
We're working with China now.
China is the world's economic power.
Yeah, sure...
We're going to work with China...
Do we really need a Europe
full of f*ggots?
Where there's nothing but a bunch
of pro-Western poofs?
Listen, don't call me anymore.
They're wagging their tails
over there...
Listen to me: From now on,
don't call me anymore. OK?
Why are you saying that?
You just don't seem to realise
the scope of this whole thing.
It's really bad, you know,
if we actually needed
to send our men over there.
- Nothing good will come of this.
- You're wrong.
Nothing. As long as these people
are still in power,
nothing good will come of it.
Nothing, OK?
Starting with the legal system,
where I've worked
for eight years now.
I've seen so many awful things
in those eight years.
I'm sorry, but innocent people
are being sent away,
and nobody seems to give a sh*t.
And it's not just the legal system
that's a complete disaster.
It's everywhere. This sh*te
has gotten into our heads!
All this destruction
is a political choice
that allows them to decide for you.
We made this choice
by keeping quiet.
What do you expect me to say?
I'm not going to tell you
how things really are, Nastia.
Nastia?
I was hoping
you wouldn't have to fight.
Nastia, sweetheart,
of course I'm going to fight.
Nastia, I can...
I can take a guy and just sh**t him
in the head... Bam!
One shot from my Kalashnikov.
I could k*ll 100 people
by blowing their heads off.
You don't believe me?
Nastia, I've gone completely mad.
I'm a raving lunatic now.
How can we live together?
I can even k*ll a guy...
by smashing his head in.
Just smash him on the head
and it's over.
I'm not scared anymore.
Are you proud of this?
No, I'm not proud.
It's just
that it has no effect on me.
I'll come home soon, safe and sound.
And that'll be it.
I'll be able... to raise my son
the way he needs to be.
Nastia...
When I came across civilians...
I threw them into the trenches...
And just one shot in the head
to k*ll each of them.
They cried and begged,
but I still shot them.
I'm no longer as nice
as you think I am, Nastia.
I am who I am now,
but I'll be back, Nastia.
I might be mad now,
but I'll be back to see you.
You promised me that you
would still be a good person...
I've never lied to you, Nastia,
and I never will.
But I've made Khokhols
get down on their knees.
They begged me, yelling,
"Russia forever!"
I forced them to say that,
"Russia forever".
These Khokhols, they begged me,
down on their knees,
and I forced them to say it.
Don't you lose
your fighting spirit, son.
You must've seen what they're up to.
You're all doing something great
over there.
Keep that in mind
and pass on that message.
What are we doing?
We're k*lling children.
No, you're not k*lling children.
You're k*lling fascists.
Just trust me, damn it.
- Hello?
- Hi, sweetheart.
Hey, how's it going?
Fine. How about you?
Great! Just getting back
from the sauna.
From where?
The sauna.
Well... How are you able
to go to the sauna?
No, the "sauna"
is what we call the hose
we use to get washed with.
OK, that's great then.
We're taking a walk.
We're getting potatoes...
from farmers.
Are they selling them
or giving them to you?
They're giving them to us.
We put together a small load
of books too.
We're reading, staying cultured.
Good boys.
Just be careful of those farmers.
I've been
to many different churches...
all to pray especially for you:
One in Baltiysk, one in Kaliningrad
and two in Sovetsk.
And one in Slavsk, too,
so don't you worry.
You didn't think your mum
would sit around
and do nothing for you?
Well, here...
right in front of me,
and, actually, I also took part,
some of the FSB guys...
tortured prisoners.
Do you know what a "rose" is?
No.
You can make 21 "roses"
on a man's body.
How so?
Cut off the 10 fingers, 10 toes
and the c*ck. Sorry.
OK, I see.
So... you know what a rose
looks like when it blooms?
Yes.
Well, it's the same.
The skin slides down the bone,
revealing the muscle in each finger.
Same thing below the belt.
Sh*t.
They call it "24 roses
on a man's body".
You know what other kinds
of t*rture I saw?
Why did you say
that you also took part in this?
It was the FSB men.
Because we captured them
and brought them in.
Really?
While they were waiting to go
into the t*rture rooms...
we watched them and beat them up.
We broke their legs
to keep them from running.
The guys caught one civilian.
We took his phone.
He had photos
of all of our positions.
He was taking photos
and sending them... to the enemy.
You can't trust Ukrainians,
those Khokhols...
There was an old man
and they beat him
with rubber clubs.
They beat him to death.
Can you imagine how many times
they must've hit him
for him to be k*lled
by rubber clubs?
They call them tranquillising clubs.
I can tell you about another method
that... they use.
They put a tube up their arse.
Really?
And then they put barbed wire
through the tube.
Someone told me they used
the method in Chechnya before.
And you know how the Ukrainians
are humiliating us?
Yes, I know!
That's why I don't have
an ounce of pity for them.
Oh, to that point?
We were sitting down,
when they brought in this guy
they had taken prisoner.
He said, "To avenge my death,
my guys will k*ll two of yours".
He sat down, and he said,
"I don't give a sh*t about dying.
I'm dying for the truth".
He was sitting in a chair,
with all of his bones broken.
I was the one who broke them all.
And he shut up.
I like doing it.
You like it?
Yeah, I do. I don't know, it...
I've always told you
I was holding back on principle,
but if I had been sent
to the front with you,
I would've enjoyed it too.
You and I are the same.
I realise I'm starting
to go a bit bonkers.
It's become so normal
for me to talk about this.
You're not mad,
you're completely normal.
Mum, you have to understand.
We're k*lling people here.
Are you sure they're even people?
They're not human beings.
And to think, I was such
a good guy before...
But here, I swear, we...
I wish I could tell you everything.
I really want you to see
how much I've changed.
Stop it! They'll send you
to see a psychologist
if you start losing your mind.
Can you imagine
the things I'm going to remember?
Yes, but those memories
will go away over time.
Yeah, but that's
not always the case.
That's right, sweetheart.
It's not always the case.
Fine, maybe they won't
completely go away with time,
but they'll calm down after a while.
Mentally, you'll start
to feel a lot stronger.
I don't know how I'm ever going
to sleep when I get back home.
What do you mean?
You'll probably be a bit anxious
the first week you're back.
Just like Sacha, when he got back,
God rest his soul.
He was posted in Grozny.
He spent two years there,
and it was non-stop sh**ting.
The time we've spent here
feels like three years.
Believe me.
Because you weren't expecting
this to happen, that's all.
We never thought...
Yeah, well, if those f*ggots at NATO
would stop supplying them
with heavy weaponry,
we would've cleaned house
a long time ago.
I'm sure we're going to conquer
all of Ukraine, Dimon.
What was the first operation called?
"Combatting Nazis
Towards Kyiv-Chernihiv".
Sh*t, nothing about "conquest"
or anything like that.
Now, this operation
is called "The Donbass Arc".
You're not really sure
what you're liberating over there?
No, no one really knows.
It's all just "for the cause".
What cause? Whose cause?
It's just an expression,
"for the cause".
Hello?
Hi.
- What's going on?
- How are you?
Everything is fine here.
I'm at work.
How are you doing?
Well, the guys called
the sh*t committee.
The authorities told them
we weren't in Ukraine.
Can you believe that?
We're "in training".
Yes, we know. Sh*t.
We've written
to all the institutions.
No one cares.
You haven't received the bodies,
and it's highly unlikely
they'll send them anytime soon.
Do you want a litre of milk?
What are they sending?
Dead soldiers.
There are lots of them
from Lebedyan and Lipetsk.
I found a bloody Rosneft jacket,
but it keeps me warm.
How awful! Really...
There's not too much blood on it.
Oh great.
And nobody is talking
about sending you to the rear?
To training, for example?
They were talking about it, but no.
They're only sending us
to the front now.
Really?
They brought in some prisoners.
They sent them all the way
to the front lines.
We act like a barrier behind them.
If anyone tries to turn back,
we k*ll them.
How terrible!
That's how it's set up.
We're in the second line,
watching the front line.
There's another line behind us,
so we can't retreat either.
If we run away, our own men
will sh**t us down.
It's fine during the day,
but it's really terrible at night.
Nobody will try and figure out
what's going on.
If someone comes along,
they just have to be shot.
Sacha, everything is fine here.
Don't you worry.
May God bring you back soon.
Nothing else matters,
not work, nothing.
We have money,
and we're going to make it.
You should only be there
for 90 days, until September.
These b*stards
aren't telling us anything.
Russians arrived,
and they sent a regiment
out to fight without any food.
They don't care about you.
Don't accept that.
Yes, I agree, but they're
putting so much pressure on us.
They wake us up at night.
Don't you sign that,
no matter what they do.
Who's pressuring you?
The Russians or separatists?
The Russians,
they came twice last night.
And our commander is now
putting pressure on all of us.
Tell them, "I'm a little old man
with lots of haemorrhoids".
And they humiliate us:
"Who are these 2nd class soldiers
who won't sign their contracts?"
Don't contradict them.
Just say "yes" to everything.
They're offering a salary
of 200,000 roubles
if you sign a contract.
- 200,000 roubles! No way!
- Three million for an injury.
- What next?
- Five million if you die.
Nobody here has received
either three or five million, no.
And you know why?
They write "myocardial infarction"
as the cause of deaths and injuries.
You know how many
of our men have died?
And it's always a heart attack!
There are no reinforcements coming?
No.
Can you wash?
No, we don't have anything.
No water, no electricity.
Just a well.
It's like living in the Stone Age.
I don't know what's happening
in Russia without Internet.
What's happening in Russia?
I can tell you.
They're mobilising: 200,000 people
have been conscripted.
200,000 have fled to Kazakhstan,
to Georgia or Mongolia.
The conscripts will come here
without any training.
Nothing but cannon fodder, you know?
You have to survive!
That's your only goal, Anton.
So many young men are going to die.
The United States and Ukraine
are publishing estimates.
According to the Americans,
21,000 Russians have died.
Ukraine says it's 24,000.
And we're saying 1200.
Can you believe that?
These are boys
between 18 and 25 years old.
Who's going to pay for our pensions?
No one! There won't be
any more pensions.
It's all sh*t.
And this sh*t will last
for a long time, 10, 15 years.
Until they finally wrap up
this damned "special operation".
Nobody knows when it's going to end.
And then, everything will have
to be put back together again.
And we'll be the ones paying for it.
Yeah.
They show stupid things
every day on TV here.
There was a big concert to celebrate
Ulan-Ude's 99-year anniversary.
They don't care that, in Buryatia,
our boys that died in Ukraine
are being buried.
We should be in mourning,
God damn it.
There are so many political shows
on every channel.
They all spout bullsh*t
all day long.
All these people
and not an ounce of truth.
You always say things will be fine
and that we're going to win.
You always say that.
Not anymore.
Everything will be OK.
You can't take that back.
Nope, not anymore.
Stop it.
That's what you used to say,
and that's what will happen.
It's been nothing but fighting
since the first day, that's it.
And whatever people are saying,
whatever the news is saying...
Don't listen to any of it.
Don't watch any of it.
I don't. It's impossible to watch.
I'm living my life and acting
as if everything will be OK,
like we're going to win.
From the very first day, I realised
that it probably wasn't
going to be like that at all.
There are only two ways
to be sent back home:
either dead or injured.
Have you lost your mind?
I'm just telling you
how things really are.
You're going to come back.
There's no way you're not.
How's the little guy?
Fine. He's watching me now.
He had an upset stomach again.
He told his nan...
that he was six now
and that he got to decide.
Make sure our son
never has to join the army.
- How?
- What?
How am I supposed to do that?
If they call him,
just don't go outside anymore.
Tell my mum.
Tell other people,
like Uncle Guena, for example.
Tell them to do anything possible
to keep him out of the army.
That's my one last wish.
Don't say it's your "last wish".
Did you hear what I said?
Yes, I did.
And you understand what I said?
Yes, I understand.
- Hello?
- Listen, I forgot to tell you
that Dimon is injured.
The bridge of his nose is broken,
about a centimetre long.
His left eye might also be wounded.
I bandaged it myself,
and I gave him a shot
of a painkiller.
Calm down! Don't cry, damn it.
- I'm not crying.
- Listen to me.
I'm going to try
and get him out of here.
I'll try.
Just stay calm and don't panic.
- Got it?
- Yes.
Don't panic, little sis.
Our big brothers have abandoned us.
We're all alone, left behind.
I don't have any ammunition left,
I used it all up today.
Bouba's legs are broken.
He said his final goodbye to us
right in front of us.
Right in front of us,
before he was blown up.
F*ck, they didn't even give me
any new ammunition.
But I still have a machine g*n.
But there's no way
they're going to take me.
No way.
I love you so much!
I'm so sorry for everything.
You're a hero. Do you hear me?
You're my hero!
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