About
About
This film is based on actual footage from the Ukrainian military including actual drone footage. It is based on real characters and factual data.
It was made in 2022 by famous Ukrainian director Lubomir Levitski, tells about the unique rescue operation with drones which was carried out by the Ukrainian military during the brutal battles near Izyum.
Real participants of that operation speak their story to the camera, so that the whole world would learn about the incredible feat and creative approach of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in rescuing civilians. The real footage taken by drones during this operation was handed over to Lubomir by the military of the 93rd Brigade "Holodny Yar". Thirty minutes of intense real-time rescue operation is impossible to forget. The director managed to combine documentary with an incredibly interesting artistic approach in telling this story.
Lyubomyr Levitskyi was born on September 17, 1980 in the village of Verkhovyna, Verkhovyna District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukrainian SSR [now Verkhovyna, Verkhovyna District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine]. Lubomyr positions himself as a director who builds a bridge between Ukraine and the USA. He is a director and scenarist known for the thriller "Shadows of Unforgotten Ancestors" (2013), the youth comedy "Selfieparty" (2016) and the thriller "Black Friday". His wife Natalya also works in the film industry. The couple have son Zahar.
Team
Director
Lyubomur Levytsky
Executive Producer
Dmytro Nykyforov
Producer
Vitaliy Kolomiets,
Producer
Nykola Orekhovsky
UKRAINIAN FILM DIVISION
in association with GLORY UA
recognition

Drone operator sitting in command center figures out how to lead a woman under Russian fire to safety


The wife was afraid to leave her husband lying wounded on the ground but she knew their only hope was for her to try to get help from the Ukrainian military
Incredible suspenseful film