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An Oscar-winning lens on Ukraine's battle for the strategic village of Andriivka

Oscar-winning filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, known for his documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, again presents the brutal face of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in his latest film, 2,000 Metres to Andriivka. It's also Ukraine's entry for the 2026 Best International Film at the Academy Awards.

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Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 2 – 2000 Meters to Andriivka

Ukrainian soldiers claw their way toward an abandoned one-street town, battling Russian artillery fire, snipers and aerial attacks, in this feat of documentary film-making and frontline reporting

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Mstyslav Chernov: ‘I kept seeing Ukraine as a victim of this invasion – I wanted to tell another story’

The documentary-maker on new film 2000 Meters to Andriivka (the Guardian’s No 2 film of 2025), being on the Oscar circuit with 20 Days in Mariupol and filming on the frontline

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Best films of 2025 in the UK: No 2 – 2000 Meters to Andriivka

Ukrainian soldiers claw their way toward an abandoned one-street town, battling Russian artillery fire, snipers and aerial attacks, in this feat of documentary film-making and frontline reporting

The Guardian - UK

2000 Meters to Andriivka review – war in Ukraine as an eerie, pin-sharp waking nightmare

In his heartwrenching followup to 20 Days in Mariupol, photojournalist Mstyslav Chernov is embedded with the 3rd Assault Brigade during a gruelling counteroffensive

The Guardian - UK

‘The soldiers want you to see what they’re going through’: the heartbreaking follow-up to 20 Days in Mariupol

While Mstyslav Chernov was on the Oscars circuit with his first Ukraine war film, soldiers in his latest – made using bodycams – were dying. He explains why he needed to join them in the trenches

The Guardian - UK

From Ukraine Trenches To Russia Schools, Sundance Docs Show Toll Of War

"What if this war is until the end of our lives?" "It's an explanation of how soldiers in a war zone live," he told AFP. Besides visceral depictions of fighting, "2000 Meters to Andriivka" displays the dark humor, quotidian concerns and dogged determination of the 3rd Assault Brigade.

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‘Everything is trying to kill you’: harrowing Ukraine film gets standing ovation at Sundance

Oscar-winning film-maker behind 20 Days in Mariupol returns to festival with bruising, on-the-ground look at ongoing conflict

The Guardian - US

Russia Says Captured Two Villages In East Ukraine

Russia said Sunday its forces had captured two frontline villages in Ukraine, Andriivka in the eastern Lugansk region and Pishchane in the northeast Kharkiv region.

International Business Times

NATO’s Stoltenberg says Ukraine ‘gradually gaining ground’ in counteroffensive

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukrainian forces are “gradually gaining ground” in their counteroffensive against Russia during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday. The Western alliance chief also said that Ukraine is “closer to NATO than ever before”. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.…

France 24

Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest

The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the ear

The Independent UK

Inside Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim village from Putin’s troops on way to Bakhmut

‘This forest is taking our friends away, and this is the worst,’ Ukrainian fighter says

The Independent UK

Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the ear

The Independent UK

Ukraine strikes Russian ships, state-of-the-art aerial defences in Crimea

Ukraine’s forces also capture two towns in the east as they flank Bakhmut city, erode Russian defences in the south.

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Ukraine’s army commander claims 3 elite Russian brigades ‘crushed’ in east

Ukraine’s ground forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi says three Russian brigades left with no combat capability.

The Independent UK

Nato chief warns Putin eyes ‘long war’ as Ukraine claims eastern village

Ukraine claims to have taken the eastern village of Andriivka in latest gain of counteroffensive

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow disputes Kyiv’s claim about captured territory in Donetsk – as it happened

Ukraine claimed to have recaptured the devastated eastern village of Andriivka, near Bakhmut.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin ‘creating new defences’ amid ‘growing concerns’ over Kyiv counteroffensive

Village of Tokmak, just 16 kilometres from frontline, set to become ‘lynchpin’ of Russia’s defences, UK says

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The Independent UK

Ukraine recaptures another village from Putin’s forces – as it keeps up attacks on Russia’s ships

Ukraine has reported slow, steady progress against entrenched Russian positions, retaking a string of villages across the last three months

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 569 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have seized the village of Andriivka in Donetsk; Lukashenko says Belarus has been supplying Russia with fuel

The Independent UK

Ukrainian forces reclaim a village in the east as part of counteroffensive

Ukrainian forces have recaptured a village in the country’s east after intense battles with Russian troops

France 24

UNESCO puts Kyiv and Lviv historical sites on ‘in danger’ list

The UN's World Heritage Committee on Friday placed two major historical sites in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv on its ‘in danger’ list. Earlier, Ukraine's armed forces said they had retaken the village of Andriivka near the key frontline city of Bakhmut, a day after claims it had…

France 24

'Rape and wanton violence': Civilians in Andriivka recount Russian occupation

Civilians in Andriivka, a village about 60 kilometres west of Kyiv, are coming to terms with the devastation and trauma they suffered during the month they spent under Russian occupation.

Daily Mirror

Heartbroken Ukrainian wife weeps over dead body of husband murdered by Russian soldiers

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES The heartbroken widow can be seen collapsing on the ground next to her husband’s body, which was found near their home in the village of Andriivka

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