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9 May in 1992 Armenian forces captured Shusha, making a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In 2020 Azerbaijani took the territory back; then the two countries have signed a peace deal. Here’re the stories of two women, Armenian Emilia and Azerbaijani Camilla. They found themselves on opposite sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Like other residents, Emelia and Kamila want a peaceful life. Watch the clip to know how the conflict affected them. For more details watch our infobites Nagorno-Karabakh: Why Armenians and Azerbaijanis are clashing over it? #video#history Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘People are very afraid that Ukraine will return here’. Anna, a resident of Volnovakha, said back in 2015, the Ukrainian military promised to destroy the city if they ever had to surrender it. During the special operation, Volnovakha became the first major city of Donbass to come under the control of the Russian army. Near it, they built mighty fortifications, so intense battles for the settlement could not be avoided. The Ukrainian military told residents that if they left, they’d torch the city ‘because savages live here’. The stories of the townspeople have become part of our film VolunTeers. #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘It’s the first time the chess world’s been split. It’s never happened before. Even during the Cold War, chess continued’. These are the words of grandmaster Sergey Karjakin. When the special operation began in Ukraine, Sergey supported Russia. Because of this, the International Chess Federation suspended him for six months from all competitions under its auspices. The grandmaster filed an appeal, but it was rejected. ‘Foreign chess players are silent in the media. And they sent me personal messages with words of support’, the grandmaster told an RT Documentary film crew. In April, Sergey played matches with children from Donbass. He said the meeting was significant for him since he had lived in the Donetsk region for three years. At the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, Russian athletes were removed from international competitions, and cooperation with artists in the West has stopped. Watch the film Killing Russian Culture. #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘Then [in 2014] Lugansk plunged completely into full-scale war.’ Rodion Miroshnik (LPR Representative at Donbass Peace Talks) recalls events eight years ago. First, Lugansk refused to recognise the coup d'état in the country; in response, the Ukrainians took up a blockade. For two months, the city lived practically without electricity and communications. Even the water was cut off. The referendum on the region’s independence took place in the context of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. More than 96% of voters were in favour of sovereignty. Today, the LNR celebrates Republic Day with the status of a republic recognised by Russia for the first time. A flag was hoisted solemnly over the city. Russian singers Denis Maidanov, Rodion Gazmanov and Alexander Sklyar, performed in the centre of Lugansk. For an account of the events of 2014 and how Kiev tried to subdue the region by force, see an excerpt from the documentary Donbass War: Summer 2014. #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

This 2015 footage shows Ksenia, codenamed Oksi, a senior paramedic in Donetsk. She saved the lives of civilians during the daily shelling. Ukrainian troops attacked the region despite the Minsk Protocol. The forces called Donbass people ‘terrorists’. According to Ukrainian law, the doctors face jail of up to 15 years for treating these ‘separatists’ and ‘terrorists’. But despite the threat, Oksi and her team helped the people. Watch Oksi’s story in the clip! Check out the full documentary Trauma for more details about Donetsk paramedics’ daily life. #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘I’ve never witnessed the kind of enthusiasm I saw for the referendum. People came out against this atrocity to show they didn’t want to live in a Ukraine like this’. These are the words of Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Timokhin (Codename ‘Prince’). He recalls how the referendum took place on May 11, 2014 on the recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics as sovereign states. Andrey says that people opposed the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Watch the film Donbass. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrowabout how the referendum was held in the DPR and LPR eight years ago. #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘Ever since Maidan happened, they’ve had free reign, and they’ve been murdering, raping, robbing people across Ukraine, across Donbas.’ George Eliason, an American journalist, speaking about the Azov* battalion’s activities in Ukraine. George has been living in Ukraine for over ten years. In 2012, with his wife, he moved to the Donbass. Since 2014, Eliason has been watching the war in the Donbass.’ In an exclusive interview with RT Documentary, George Eliason shares his view on the 8-year conflict, its sides, and the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. You can see another American view of the conflict in our documentary filmed with Miguel Francis Santiago in 2014, when the Donbass escalation was beginning, Donetsk: An American Glance. *recognised in Russia as extremist and banned #video#Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Donbass Zlatko Novkovich, nickname ‘Zak Novak’, is an American from Serbia. In 2015, he came to the Donbass to fight for people's freedom. What made him take such a decision? See our video to find out. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Donbass ‘These are the textbooks the children were taught by. Shelling again. Here are the textbooks they studied with. They are all in Ukrainian. There is nothing in Russian anymore, only in Ukrainian. They have rewritten Ukrainian history’. An Italian volunteer with the callsign Spartak showed the school destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukrainiane. According to him, the Ukrainian soldiers used the local Russian-speaking population as a human shield: ‘They said to them: ‘Stay in cellars and be still’. They didn’t give them any water, the people weren’t allowed to go out for food or something to drink’. The man has been fighting for the Donbass for eight years. He sais, that Ukrainian nationalist battalions ‘don’t give a damn about the local residents’. The story of this Italian will be included in the new RT Documentary film about foreign volunteers in the Donbass. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Donbass ‘Take shelter! Go on, quickly, go, go, go….’ Alexey Smirnov from the Angel humanitarian battalion asks Mariupol residents to run to a shelter quickly. Seconds earlier, a shell explodes near the residential block where humanitarian aid is handed out. All members of the humanitarian battalion know how to behave in a combat zone. Before departure, Alexey gives instructions. He reminds Azov* members may be among civilians coming to get food. This is why the humanitarian battalion is armed. See the fragment of our documentary Donbass: I’m Aliveto learn more. *recognised in Russia as extremist and banned Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Donbass ‘I regret nothing’ (Non, je ne regrette rien). This line is from an Edith Piaf song which has become the manifesto of French volunteer François Mauld d’Aymée. He came to Donbass from Champagne in 2015. At home, he studied at the military academy. He says the LPR and DPR people are defending their land, so he took their side and joined the international Pyatnashka brigade. The Frenchman served in Pyatnashka for six months and then stayed in Donetsk, teaching French and singing with the Donetsk Philharmonic. After that, he recorded a video for the song ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’ in October 2021. In February 2022, François returned to action. Mobilization began in the Donbass, and many of his colleagues from the Philharmonic were called up. Now he is in positions near the Azovstal plant. François Mauld d’Aymée is one of the characters in our future film about volunteers from different countries who came to protect the people of Donbass. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Donbass ‘The first night, the children were waiting for the bombing. They were under constant stress that soon they would have to run somewhere to hide,’ Father Alexandr talks about the evacuated children from Donbass. Eventually, they were accepted in a church in a village in the Rostov region. The refugees were given shelter, and they are safe. This is footage from our film ‘Ukraine: Heading East’.Watch the full documentary here. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary