Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine “Risks World War Three”, Says Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, As ‘Freedom On Fire’ Premieres – Venice

Evgeny Afineevsky released his Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom in 2015, documenting the Euromaidan protests the previous year in the city of Kyiv tha…

, a follow-up that details the real stories of the people of Ukraine as they continue their fight against Russia’s invasion of their country.

And as a conflict falls from the news agenda, so too does it fall down the priority list pressuring heads of state to intervene. “Putin is like a baby who is demanding his toys,” Afineevsky says. “It’s up to the leaders of other countries to say, no, you can’t have them. If the no isn’t clear – if the parent allows the child to have the toy once or twice – the child will understand that everything is negotiable. That’s what’s happening now, as some countries are starting to lift sanctions.

Afineefsky feels part of the problem is that world leaders aren’t seeing the bigger picture of the devastation being rained on Ukraine as they arrive in Kyiv for carefully managed press tours of crumbling buildings.shines a light on the real stories of refugees displaced by Russia’s campaign, the soldiers fighting to free their homeland, and the local media risking their lives to counter Russian propaganda.

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