There’s a moment where a group of medics chuckle and vape outside a hospital amid the demolition of their home city, they are confused at how calm they are. I’d always imagined war as an unending thrill of action and chaos, but this scene reveals the unsettling reality: long, tense, awkward stretches of silence and anticipation.
Capturing this film amidst the destruction and terror, with such unapologetic detail, is a momentous achievement in journalism by Chernov and the rest of…
