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Documentary filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova spent seven months with Russian troops at the front. With her new film "Russians at War," she has been in accused of empathizing with war criminals. She says the alternative is forgetting that all people are human.
You tell this story very matter-of-factly.
For me, it was just figuring things out, and trying to see if I would be allowed to stay or not. What they do usually, if it's a friendly area, they go to the mayor of the city or town and they ask which houses are available, What they do is usually, if it's a friendly area, they go to the mayor of the city or town and they ask which houses are available. Sometimes these people have keys, and they even go and open up houses for the soldiers to stay in.
What do you mean by a friendly area?
In Eastern Ukraine, there is still a lot of support for Russia, which is a paradox. It is completely unexpected and doesn't fit in with the perception of this war as we see it in the West. But it happens.
When you see the footage, the soldiers' actions seem quite uncoordinated, almost amateurish.
And it is. The war was took everyone by surprise, in a way probably even the military. So these troops, they go in, and they have to find their own place. They have to figure things out for themselves.
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This is a good read.
Documentary filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova spent seven months with Russian troops at the front. With her new film "Russians at War," she has been in accused of empathizing with war criminals. She says the alternative is forgetting that all people are human.
You tell this story very matter-of-factly.
For me, it was just figuring things out, and trying to see if I would be allowed to stay or not. What they do usually, if it's a friendly area, they go to the mayor of the city or town and they ask which houses are available, What they do is usually, if it's a friendly area, they go to the mayor of the city or town and they ask which houses are available. Sometimes these people have keys, and they even go and open up houses for the soldiers to stay in.
What do you mean by a friendly area?
In Eastern Ukraine, there is still a lot of support for Russia, which is a paradox. It is completely unexpected and doesn't fit in with the perception of this war as we see it in the West. But it happens.
When you see the footage, the soldiers' actions seem quite uncoordinated, almost amateurish.
And it is. The war was took everyone by surprise, in a way probably even the military. So these troops, they go in, and they have to find their own place. They have to figure things out for themselves.
This is a good read.
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