Join the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (CSEEES), the Ukrainian Society, and the Ukrainian Cultural Association of Ohio for a screening of the film 2000 Meters to Andriivka in commemoration of the 4-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We will also be joined by guest speakers Valerii Bondarenko and Nazarii Kharolskyi, veterans who fought in 2014 and 2022.
In his follow-up to Oscar-winner 20 Days in Mariupol, Pulitzer-winning AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov again immerses us, cinematically and emotionally, in the war in Ukraine — this time during the 2023 counteroffensive. Embedded with a small Ukrainian platoon on a high-stakes mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka, Chernov and colleague Alex Babenko hole up in trenches, shadowing soldiers as they inch forward through forest, minefields, shellings, and artillery fire. This first-person witness to war’s cruel reality intersperses with intimate, moving moments — conversations that reveal the bare humanity of young men on the frontlines who dream and fear and hope.
This event is free and open to the public, please register using the link below.