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Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022)
Ukraine is on fire
Ukraine on fire is a masterpiece not only of Ukrainian literature, but also of the whole world! The film is poignant, truthful and extremely patriotic.
In the light of current events, it acquires a new meaning, full of new truths.
Yes, there is whining here, as in all Ukrainian films, but all this is covered by the heroism and patriotism of the Ukrainian people in very difficult war times. I was shocked by all this, at some points I did not even imagine what atrocity and tricks were. It is hard to even imagine that all the described atrocities, mutilated people, mutilated bodies, and broken families were scattered all over Ukraine at that time. It is hard to imagine the heroism of our people, who gave their lives for a piece of their native land. But here the author moved away from the idealization of the Ukrainian people in the struggle, tried to show the truth, tell about traitors, fascist sympathizers. He gives them one inexorable assessment of their activities - death on the gallows. Of course, I haven't forgotten those plot twists when some policemen were taken over by the partisans. In our time, I can't imagine such a thing. What kind of people were there then, experiencing such grief and disbelief. Modern Ukrainians are no longer the same as they were, not the same. If a bomb falls on us, we will simply look at it and wait for our neighbors from Europe or Russia to destroy it with their missiles. That's it, that's what we've come to! The words "They have only an adjective left from the word ''nation''. They have no eternal truths. That's why there are so many traitors among them." but they are true for those whose "souls are small, pocketable, portable..."
The Zaporizhia family are real heroes, of whom there are simply many in our endless spaces.