When Russia began its attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in February of 2022, many people expected the city to fall in days. But the Ukrainians refused to surrender. Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack offers a dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv, told by the people living through it - the displaced families trying to survive underground, the civilians caught in the fight, and the first responders risking their lives to protect them. Filmed on the ground over the first three months of the war in Kharkiv, a city just 25 miles from Russia, the documentary is filmed, produced, and directed in Ukraine by Mani Benchelah and Patrick Tombola with producer Volodymyr Pavlov, with additional direction by Teresa Smith and executive production by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Ben de Pear and Edward Watts, and Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett. In vivid and indelible scenes, the documentary tells the story of the battle for Kharkiv through the experiences of those who stayed in the city, despite the ever-present threat of the war.
Ukraine: Life Under Attack was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 4 August 2024, 13:10.
