On the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker, and a member of the Khartiya Corps, Ilya Mikhaylus released a documentary short film inspired by U2's "Yours Eternally" (ft. Ed Sheeran & Ukrainian singer Taras Topolia) from their Days of Ash EP.
Produced by Pyotr Verzilov and shot during the winter of 2025 while Mikhaylus and his crew were embedded alongside the Khartiya Corps, the film captures the extraordinary daily lives of athlete Alina Shukh and her fellow soldiers from Khartiya Corps fighting on the frontlines of the war in the Kharkiv region. The short is part of a full-scale documentary set to be released by Mikhaylus and team at the end of 2026.
"For four years, Ukraine has been resisting Russia's full-scale invasion, and the soldiers of the Khartiya Corps are among the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians defending their homeland," said Mikhaylus. "In this short film, and in the upcoming full-length documentary, we attempt to show the beating human heart of those incredible men and women, the struggles and sacrifices they are making everyday for the most sacred thing on this planet - freedom."
U2 dedicates the four-and-a-half-minute documentary short film to soldiers from the 2nd "Khartiya" Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, CorpsCommander Colonel Ihor Obolenskiy and Vsevolod Kozhemyako.
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