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Ukraine on Fire (2016 film)

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Ukraine on Fire
Directed byIgor Lopatonok
Release date
  • July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) (United States)
[1]
LanguageEnglish

Ukraine on Fire is a 2016 documentary film directed by Igor Lopatonok. It features Oliver Stone, the executive producer, interviewing figures surrounding the 2014 Ukrainian revolution such as Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovich.[2][3][4]

Plot

The film describes in detail the formation of Ukrainian nationalism. It talks about events such as the Cossack Hetmanate, the Russian Revolution (1917-1921), the occupation of Ukraine by German-Austrian troops, the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, the incorporation of Western Ukraine into the USSR, Ukrainian collaborationism in World War II, the Great Patriotic War, the Volyn massacre, the events in Babiy Yar, the 1990s, the Orange Revolution, the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, the referendum on the status of the Crimea, the confrontation in Odessa, the war in Donbass, the crash of MH17 and other events.

Throughout the film, Russian President Vladimir Putin, former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and former Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko, as well as American journalist Robert Parry are interviewed, mostly by Oliver Stone, about the events of recent Ukrainian history.

Reception

The film did not receive a general theatrical release. It premiered at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy.[5]

On March 8, 2022, the Twitter account of director Lopatonik announced the video had been removed by YouTube from the production company’s channel.[6]

Pavel Shekhtman, as published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, characterized Ukraine on Fire as “undistilled Kremlin propaganda”.[7]

References

  1. ^ Lopatonok, Igor (2017-07-18), Ukraine on Fire (Documentary), Melograno Films, Another Way Productions, retrieved 2022-03-05
  2. ^ "Oliver Stone zoekt de waarheid achter Oekraïnecrisis in nieuwe documentaire". Site-KnackFocus-NL (in Dutch). 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  3. ^ ""Ukraine on Fire": Oliver Stone e Lopatonok al Taormina Film Fest". Telefilm Central (in Italian). 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  4. ^ "UKRAINE ON FIRE – Documentary Dives Deep Into Current Conflict Between Russian and Ukraine, Shows Another Side To The Story". AMFM Magazine.tv. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  5. ^ "Oliver Stone-produced 'Ukraine On Fire' premieres at film festival in Italy - New Cold War: Know Better". Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  6. ^ Tweet by Igor Lopatonok, Archived version
  7. ^ https://khpg.org/en/1480891067
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