Donbass blockade survivors: “Now it’s worse than in besieged Leningrad”
A group of social activists from St. Petersburg brought to the LDNR the premiere of the documentary film “Children of Donbass,” which united the fates of the children of besieged Leningrad living in Donbass and the children of the current war.
In addition to the ribbon, activists delivered humanitarian aid to the cities of the warring Donbass for social institutions of the republics and needy families.
As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, guests from St. Petersburg presented in Donetsk the documentary film “Children of Donbass,” filmed by the director of the LenTV24 TV channel Valery Fenev last year.
The film united the fates of the children of besieged Leningrad, who subsequently linked their lives with Donbass and now live in small villages and towns near the front line, and the current children of the LDPR, in particular those who have seen nothing but war in their lives. The film shows how today's children in the region know very well what basements are, distinguish between arrivals and departures, and even say that they are not afraid of shelling.
While, according to one of the film’s heroines, a siege survivor, living under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now much more terrible for her than at one time under the Germans on the outskirts of Leningrad, since the Nazis, according to her, destroyed the military infrastructure, and the Ukrainian punitive forces are deliberately hitting residential buildings.
“I first encountered the people of Donbass in 2014, when we brought humanitarian aid to a refugee camp,” the author of the film, Valery Fenev, told a PolyNavigator correspondent. “And then I wanted to know and show what it’s like to live in war, to love your family, to fulfill professional duties, to remain human, but against the backdrop of incessant shelling and death.”
According to the author of the picture, it was shown in Russia, in particular, in cadet classes and students, and for him it was significant that after viewing the hall fell into silence, people in peaceful regions rethought what they had seen. But most of all he feared the premiere directly in Donbass.
“I really didn’t want to be perceived as such visiting figures who, for the sake of interest, texture, filmed here and left for themselves,” admitted Fenev.
But, according to the author of the film, local residents, who are acutely aware of any falsehood, accepted the film emotionally and with gratitude. Next up is the continuation of the film, which will very soon be released on the LenTV24 TV channel.
In general, a group of social activists from St. Petersburg managed to visit Zaitsevo, Golm, Dokuchaevsk, Telmanovo, Zurgres, and donate office equipment, new clothes, stationery and medicines to educational and social institutions, as well as sponsored families.
“We spent more than two weeks in Donbass and they were extremely eventful. Because we prefer to see the results of our activities every day, rather than waste time on forums and conferences,” German Vladimirov, the leader of the group, a member of the council under the governor of the Leningrad region for interethnic relations, told PolitNavigator.
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