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‘It’s a real NATO group. Soldiers from America, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, and Latvia. These instructors lived here! They trained Ukrainian soldiers to conform to NATO standards.’ Daniil Martynov is fighting in the Russian special operation as one of the commanders of Chechen divisions. He has vast experience, taking part in many significant combat operations. Daniil claims there are large quantities of drugs and NATO equipment at every captured Ukrainian checkpoint. According to the commander, Kiev’s nationalist propaganda puts a lot of pressure on Ukrainian soldiers to enter the battlefield: ‘We captured soldiers and interrogated them... They all say: ‘You know, it was drummed into us that you are the enemy. That you want to destroy us, wipe us out completely’. Daniil Martynov is a subject in the film 'We’re Fighting the World’s Evil'about the Russian special operation in Ukraine. #humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘People came, and they [Ukrainians] shot them with machine guns. They dispersed people, so they could not get even technical water,’ Alexey, a resident of Mariupol, described how Ukrainian snipers shot civilians when they went to fetch water from a well. Thus they restricted access to water. The residents had to drain it from water radiators. According to Alexey, these actions by the Ukrainian military took place even before the Russian army arrived. Alexey is one of the characters in our film VolunTears, where Mariupol residents recount the horrors of those days when the Ukrainian army controlled the city. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

All the details of the conflict in Ukraine are on the Dig Deep Documentary YouTube channel! Watch videos and documentary films from reporters on the ground to get the full picture. Subscribe and share with your friends. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

“We don’t have good dreams. Only nightmares,” say residents of the city of Jharia in eastern India, the largest coal deposit in the country. An underground fire rages under a thin layer of soil. The flame burns houses. People are afraid to sleep. Acrid smoke spreads over the terrain, and dust hangs in the air. Due to poor ecology, most residents suffer from chronic diseases. As a result, many died of cancer, tuberculosis and asthma. But the locals are more afraid of starvation than death. Therefore, they continue to work for a local coal mining company. The government is relocating people to other areas. But it is harder to live there without a job and money than in their home villages. Watch the video about the city on coal. Then, learn more in the documentary Inferno Village. #health Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

'[Ukrainian military are] fascists, one word. There is no Ukraine there... We didn’t come to them, they came to us'. In 2014, a DPR militiaman with the call sign 'Yakut' defended the Donetsk airport from the Ukrainian military. On May 27, 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the Prokofiev Airport at Donetsk was under their control. Artillery fire on the city was sighted from the new terminal and control tower. The militias tried to stop the shelling, storming the airport several times. The fighting lasted more than 240 days and became one of the critical events of the civil war in Ukraine. This is a clip of our documentary film Donbass War: Airport. Part 2. #Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

“When they attacked some village, they called all the people to one place. ‘Everyone must follow us and our religion. If not, we must shoot you,’” says Khuseini from Nigeria about Boko Haram terrorists. This criminal group is responsible for killing thousands of people. Khuseini and his family fled their hometown when Boko Haram arrived. Now he lives in the Dar es Salaam refugee camp and teaches Arabic to kids at the local school. Khuseini says the kids are deeply traumatised by the terrorists’ brutality. They remember how Boko Haram attacked their town, killing their friends. There are machine guns, blood, and killings even in kids’ drawings. Today is Children’s Day in Nigeria. Watch the clip to see how kids – Boko Haram’s victims - live in the refugee camp and try to get back to everyday life. Then, find out more in our documentary Hot Spot Chad. #crime Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘[The Ukrainian military] would drive up to our house and start shooting somewhere, just like that. There was no Russia or DPR there. But for some reason, they had to shoot at these houses’. A resident of Mariupol shows what is left of houses after shelling by the Ukrainian army. During the fighting, the city was destroyed. People were hiding from the explosions in basements. But not everyone was able to escape. ‘She was burned alive. She didn’t walk well. 80-something years old.’ The documentary from Mariupol is about to premiere. It’s a chronology of how the nationalist movement in Ukraine was formed. #Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘He’s not resisting arrest; he’s on the ground. You’ve him in handcuffs. Why is there a need to hit him in the back with a rifle?’ – asks a desperate mother whose child died due to police brutality. Quincy and his girlfriend argued, he left the house, leaving her angry. She called the police and told them he had a rifle. That fatal lie cost Quincy his life. Five police officers didn’t even intend to find out the truth but tackled and beat the young man to death. Cases like this are common in the USA. Hundreds of people die every year at the hands of law enforcement officers. Watch the clip to see some cases. Do you think it’s possible to change the situation? See the documentary Once Upon A Crime to learn what people do to stop police brutality. #crime Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘[The Ukrainian military] fired at our forward positions. [They used] artillery: ‘hail’, ‘cliffs’, fired by tanks'. This is what Vladimir Zhoga, call sign ‘Vokha’, a battalion commander of the DPR militia, said in 2015 about the battles for the Donetsk airport. They started on May 26, eight years ago. The day Vladimir Zhoga turned 21. He died this year, on March 5, in Volnovakha, covering civilians with himself. The Star of the Hero of Russia medal was given to his father for the son. The interview with Vladimir is in our film Donbass War: Airport. Part 2. #Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘Azov’ fighters shot a 21 years old guy because he had correspondence with his grandmother in Russia’. Memories of Mariupol survivors are in our new film, watch this clip. The tape has footage of atrocities allegedly committed by ‘Azov’, and testimonies of those who were not allowed out of the city along the green corridors by Ukrainian soldiers. The film also contains the chronology of events and how the nationalist movement in Ukraine was formed. The premiere is soon. Follow the posts. #Donbass#humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Deaths and kidnappings are rising in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. More than 200 victims were shot, cut, or burned from April 24 till May 16 as part of a gang war. According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, 92 of the dead were civilians, 113 people were injured, 12 were missing, and 49 were kidnapped. Schools, hospitals, and businesses are closed due to the rising crime. Criminals are said to rape children as young as 10 and burn people alive. In addition, thousands of families had to move and leave their homes because of gang fights. Are you interested in what it’s like to live in Haiti? Then, watch our documentary film, Voodoo Spirits of Haiti, about the county’s people, habits, and beliefs. #traditions Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘I told them it isn’t for me, but they didn’t believe me. They kept beating me. They fed me very poorly.’ This Indian girl was held as a sex slave for a year. She left home to get some money for her brothers to get an education, but it ended badly for her. In India, these kinds of stories are common. Children are often kidnapped and sold into slavery. Today is International Missing Children’s Day, that’s why we want to show you this poor Indian girl’s story. Watch the clip to know what horror she has gone through. Find more stories like this in the documentary Lost Kids. #children#slavery Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary