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The best documentary victory for Mstyslav ChernovB次元官网网址檚 a harrowing first-person account by The Associated Press journalist of the early days of RussiaB次元官网网址檚 invasion in 2022, was bittersweet.
B次元官网网址淭his is the first Oscar in Ukrainian history, and IB次元官网网址檓 honored,B次元官网网址� an emotional Chernov said Sunday at the Academy Awards. B次元官网网址淧robably I will be the first director on this stage to say I wish IB次元官网网址檇 never made this film, I wish to be able to exchange this to Russia never attacking Ukraine.B次元官网网址�
Back home in his native Ukraine, the award was applauded for exposing the brutal devastation of the war and the message Chernov had sent to the world from one of the biggest stages.
Ukrainian President hailed the award as B次元官网网址渋mportant for our entire countryB次元官网网址� and said he was grateful to the team and thanked journalists across the world still covering the war despite a decrease of attention as it has dragged into its third year and as much of the worldB次元官网网址檚 focus has turned to IsraelB次元官网网址檚 war against Hamas.
B次元官网网址淭he horrors of Mariupol must never be forgotten,B次元官网网址� he said on social media. B次元官网网址淭he entire world must see and remember what the inhumane Russian invasion brought to our people. Cities and villages were destroyed, homes were burned, and entire families were killed by Russian shells and buried in their own backyards.B次元官网网址�
The AP team of Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko the port city. Two weeks later, they were the last journalists working for an international outlet sending crucial dispatches to the outside world showing civilian casualties of all ages, the digging of mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital and the
The documentary was a joint production of AP and PBSB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淔rontline.B次元官网网址� Statuettes were awarded to Chernov, producer and editor Michelle Mizner and producer Raney Aronson-Rath. The Oscar B次元官网网址� and nomination B次元官网网址� for both Chernov, an AP video journalist, and the 178-year-old news organization. It was the first win for B次元官网网址淔rontlineB次元官网网址� after two previous nominations.
Police officer Volodymyr Nikulin, who is featured prominently in the film as he helped the crew cover the story and ultimately escape Mariupol as Russian forces closed in, said he was happy the movie had won the prestigious award.
Nikulin, who was later injured helping victims of a Russian attack on Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, ferried the crew around Mariupol in a desperate attempt to help them find a place where they could transmit their footage because he said it was vital the world could see what was happening. He said the film served as an important reminder of B次元官网网址渢he most difficult time for our country.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淩ight now, we may be facing a similarly challenging moment,B次元官网网址� he told AP in Kyiv on Monday.
B次元官网网址淏ut this film has shown that we can defend our country, that we are united. And at this time, if the world sees that we are fighting, the crimes the aggressor is committing in our country, how it destroys our cities, I believe that the world will support our efforts in the fight, and this will be decisive at this time.B次元官网网址�
UkraineB次元官网网址檚 human rights chief Dmytro Lubinets praised the documentary for showing B次元官网网址渢he truth to the whole world.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淭his awards ceremony is an opportunity to address millions of people. This is what the film director did by mentioning the occupation, prisoners of war, killing of Ukrainians by Russia, and illegal abduction of civilians,B次元官网网址� he wrote on Telegram.
The award, one of many the documentary has garnered including the Pulitzer Prize, comes as UkraineB次元官网网址檚 forces and ammunition are depleted and Russian troops are trying to push deeper into the Ukraine-held western part of the Donetsk region and penetrate the Kharkiv region to the north.
Drone attacks overnight damaged two multistory buildings, a hotel and a municipal building in the eastern city of Kharkiv, said regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. No casualties were reported.
An infrastructure facility in the Odesa region was destroyed and windows were shattered, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said.
The award marks the second consecutive Oscar documentary awarded for a film that has shone a harsh light on Russia.
about who won best documentary.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday refused to comment on B次元官网网址�20 Days in Mariupol,B次元官网网址� saying it wasnB次元官网网址檛 the KremlinB次元官网网址檚 prerogative.
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Navalny, congratulated the Mariupol team on B次元官网网址渢heir truly deserving and important Oscar victory.B次元官网网址�
Belarusian opposition leader in exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sent B次元官网网址渉eartfelt congratulationsB次元官网网址� to Chernov, thanking him on X for B次元官网网址渟howing us that the truth is always stronger than lies.B次元官网网址�
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