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528:, which focus on conversations between the many action scenes. On multiple occasions, rather than focusing on the moment of a fighter's death, attention is given to the mobile phone which survives the deceased, which according to Blacker, serves to underscore the shock of the person's death among those who knew him. Here, the person is "simultaneously lost and powerfully present" in the disbelief of traumatic events. 288:, capturing several airport buildings until their advance was halted in early October. Repeated efforts to take the airport's terminals followed, and by the end of October the new terminal building was a charred frame, its upper four floors collapsed, with Ukrainian forces in the lower floors fighting off daily artillery bombardments, infantry attacks, and infiltrators coming through barricaded tunnels. 734:
region as it had with Crimea. The bodies of 31 Russian mercenaries killed in the First Battle of Donetsk Airport were secretly transported across the border to a Russian military morgue, to conceal their participation in the conflict. In September 2014, the disparate groups were organized under the banner of the
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covering Russian aggression, of being dominated by a "brother nation", and that he had to volunteer when his son did. Subota, a soldier, explains that he took an oath and that it is a matter of honour and duty. Mars feels hatred toward the murderous invaders and seeks to avenge the death of his best friend.
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gives Staryi a weapon he retrieved from a dead Russian and is permitted to stay. Serpen and Mazhor argue again, and Serpen accuses Mazhor of being a pseudo-liberal idealist who knows little of the country's history or its power dynamics, and blames his generation for Ukraine's initial defeats in the war.
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The rest of the squad engage in a tense prisoner exchange. Hid becomes extremely agitated on recognizing one of the enemy's prisoners. They keep this man off the record and Hid beats him in revenge as the man had tortured Hid earlier in the war. The separatist believes that they are fascists and that
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Although Russian disinformation spread the myth that there was a "homegrown separatist movement" in Donbas, the militant units in the region in 2014 largely consisted of Russian nationals. Some of these units had nothing to do with the DPR, flew the Russian flag, and intended for Russia to annex the
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Screenwriter Nataliya Vorozhbyt wrote the story about a combat alert mission which began in September 2014. Vorozhbyt interviewed many of the airport's defenders and was introduced to fighters in the region by technical consultant Andriy Sharaskin. The first draft of the script was completed on
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Serpen, after ordering Mazhor to evacuate Subota, phones his daughter. While pacing to get a better signal he comes under a sniper's crosshairs and is fatally shot. The phone rings and the commander informs Serpen's wife. The squad mourns. Mazhor evacuates Subota along with Serpen's body, and in the
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The squad is relieved to see tanks advancing upon the airport instead of the rocket systems. Furious at the broken cease fire, headquarters gives permission to "brutally punish the violators". A Ukrainian tank moves into a protected position and exchanges fire; when it is disabled, the squad rescue
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Mazhor is to be sent away for disobeying orders. Mazhor blames Serpen and his entire generation for the state of Ukraine, accusing him of intolerance and disparaging progressive European values. Mars, who had become despondent, suffers a heart attack and is loaded onto an evacuation vehicle. Mazhor
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is to show the diversity of Ukraine's fighters. The protagonists in the film represent a cross-section of Ukrainian society, in their cultural and political beliefs, who might not otherwise encounter each other. Vorozhbyt uses the battle to illuminate these differences and their complexities. Each
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Mazhor, who had impatiently left after a disagreement with Serpen, finds a Russian body in a runway crater. The dead man's cellphone blares, attracting the enemy. Mazhor is able to kill a Russian and wound a separatist, steal their car, and race back to the airport terminal under enemy fire. While
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Mazhor detains a lone soldier who he suspects is a separatist. An attack on the terminal is launched and a concussive blast knocks Mazhor out, presumably killing his prisoner. Enemies advance and the squad fight while retreating into the airport terminal. Mazhor awakens alongside another wounded
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Subota and Staryi share vodka pilfered from the duty-free. Hid reveals a freezer holding the bodies of the first enemy soldiers killed, held for an exchange which the DPR refused. Serpen is given command and asks for their motivations. Staryi explains that he can't make sense of the doublespeak
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I don’t know who is guarding the airport in Donetsk, but we haven’t been able to dislodge them for the past three months. We tried storming the complex, but every time we are . . . and forced to withdraw. I've no idea who is defending the airport, but they are not people. They are cyborgs.
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The squad return to the duty-free shop to watch for the separatists. Staryi begins singing, emboldening the separatists who climb the escalators. Staryi notices them and smoothly arms himself and opens fire, joined by the others. The unit descends and shoot the other separatists there.
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The airport had lost much of its strategic value but remained important as a symbol for morale and to divert pro-Russian forces from other battlefronts. The Ukrainian defenders held on until mid-January 2015, when the collapse of several buildings by pro-Russian sappers and a surge of
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and confirmed by a memorandum (in effect 5 and 19 September 2014, respectively), minor skirmishes continued with increasing frequency that month. In late September, pro-Russian forces began a concerted effort to retake the airport, using heavy artillery, armoured warfare, and
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Mariupol, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Lviv, Chernihiv and Ternopil each initially had only one theatre screening the film on opening day, but quickly expanded to multiple screens due to public demand. The movie ranked first at the (Ukrainian) box office in its opening week.
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Seitablayev stated that the film is about the "choice between the Soviet past and the European future" and that the film's creators sought to display the determination of the characters and convey the passion behind their reasons for fighting for Ukraine.
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encountered a great deal of doubt about the project from those who questioned the making of the movie while the conflict was ongoing, feeling that it was "too soon". However, he also received letters of encouragement from soldiers and their families.
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and they retake the duty-free, inflicting casualties on the separatists who retreat down escalators. They resupply with the separatists' Russian-supplied ammunition and continue with a visit to the badly damaged air traffic control tower.
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from each ticket purchased for the movie to help the families of those killed in the battle for Donetsk airport. This totalled more than a half-million hryvnias from the film's opening week.
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rocket artillery. The members of the squad are each given permission to leave. Giving humble reasons, they each decide to stay. They put their affairs in order, phoning family members.
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they've been in a civil war since the USSR was divided. Serpen lets Mazhor decide what to do with the separatist, and they release him but he is immediately shot by a Russian sniper.
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The film was made primarily for a domestic audience, but also to bring awareness to the story internationally. The script was structured to be understandable to a Western audience.
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Two-fifths of the heroes speak Russian, reflecting that many of the airport's defenders did not speak Ukrainian. Some characters also speak a mixed Russian–Ukrainian pidgin called
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The first public screening was held on 30 November 2017 in Lviv. It was released on 7 December 2017, the second anniversary of the fall of the airport's old terminal.
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550,000 for the film's promotion, a then-unprecedented amount for the state agency. The film was included in the Days of Ukrainian Cinema programs held internationally.
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Later, the squad is reinforced and the newcomers are asked about their motivations. Among them is Mazhor. A folk song is heard as the group are taken on a tour.
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Ukrainian cultural scholar Uilleam Blacker – who considers Vorozhbyt and Seitablayev among the best of their professions in Ukraine – notes the use of para
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character has internal conflicts and struggles. Central are the arguments between Mazhor and Serpen, and their varied ideals for the future of Ukraine.
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Film critic Daria Badior felt that the film's narrative was weak and the film forgettable, though noted that "It's too early to respond objectively ".
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Pro-Russian fighters who participated in the battle posted on social media about the tireless and almost superhuman enemy they faced, calling them "
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The film brought in 8.2 million hryvnias at the Ukrainian box office in the first weekend, which was a record for a domestic film according to the
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as chaplain. A politically-active actor, Nyshchuk was the Culture Minister at the time of the film's release and is known as the "voice of Maidan".
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Andrey Isaenko as "Subota" ("Saturday"), a sensible paratrooper who uses social media to refute Russian propaganda and has a substantial following.
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Vyacheslav Dovzhenko as "Serpen" ("August"), a history teacher and Ukrainian nationalist who volunteered and was quickly promoted for merit.
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as "Staryi" (literally "old man"), a retiree from a provincial town who, despite forgetting his weapon in the convoy, is capable in combat.
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soldier and is told that the Ukrainians won the battle; that the separatist forces took the terminal but were then pushed back out.
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at the 2018 Ukrainian National Film Awards, including best film, best actor (for Vyacheslav Dovzhenko), best supporting actor (
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About four hours of high-quality material was filmed. Seitablayev's director's cut was 140 minutes. He appealed to his mentor,
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and the Gonchariv military training ground. Veterans of the battle were present on each day of shooting for consultation.
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Russian-supplied military vehicles resulted in significant casualties and made continued defence of the ruins impossible.
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Roman Yasinovskiy as "Hid" ("guide"), a Donbas native with local knowledge, who was in the conflict from its beginnings.
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Amid sporadic artillery fire, Hid takes the newcomers on a tour. They reinforce another squad who were forced out of a
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Based on a national patriotic myth and released on the second anniversary of the fall of the airport's old terminal,
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The film was dedicated to the defence of Ukraine, to every defender and volunteer and their family members.
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This corresponds with the engagements of 3 October 2014, the heaviest day of fighting up to that date.
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The film's creators were accused by author Serhii Loiko of plagiarism and copying storylines from his book
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Mazhor and Serpen argue over his actions, Mars walks to the captured separatist and shoots him to death.
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of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers had held the airport for four months since
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its crew. Subota is wounded and while treated by a battlefield medic, posts a selfie which goes viral.
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and take cover in a crater. They are rescued by Serpen and brought to the airport in a passenger van.
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The project was launched on 19 October 2014, when fighting at the airport was escalating. Director
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had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a Ukrainian film at that time. Funded chiefly by the
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A clip from this scene is used in the film's introduction, then used here in full context.
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Intelligence has been received that DPR forces are going to burn the airport with Russian
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commented on the movie: "While clearly meant to drum up support for the war effort,
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The film was produced by Ivanna Diadiura. Half of the film's 47,000,000
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The Ukrainian fighters are all referred to by nicknames or call signs.
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was named "word of the year" by online Ukrainian dictionary MySlovo.
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Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers transfer to an armoured convoy at
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snags the main Golden Dzigas at the Ukrainian National Film Awards"
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Makar Tikhomirov as "Mazhor" (which can be translated as either "
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allegedly refusing to screen the film under various pretences.
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ruins of Pisky a chaplain makes a moving speech over Serpen.
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Art historian Victor Griza (et al) holds that the goal of
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Prokhanov, Alexander; Strelkov, Igor (20 November 2014).
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The film is set during and based upon the events of the
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Index

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die

Akhtem Seitablayev
Viktor Zhdanov
Ukrainian
Ukrainian
war
drama film
Cyborgs
Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
war in Donbas
Akhtem Seitablayev
Ukrainian State Film Agency
Ukrainian Armed Forces
Golden Dzygas
Second Battle of Donetsk Airport
an earlier battle
Donetsk People's Republic
Minsk Protocol
close-quarters combat
cyborgs
Pisky
infantry fighting vehicle
duty-free shop
improvised explosive device
TOS-1
major scale
silver spoon
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Viktor Zhdanov

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