Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods

The stark reality is evident for everyone to observe. Soldiers face severe hardships and challenges during conflicts. Warfare is a grim and inescapable reality; it's not for the faint-hearted. Lives are sacrificed in the name of national duty. Meanwhile, relentless adversaries attempt to conquer and seize territories. How long will this continue? Until every defender is fallen? The time has come for the free world to awaken and supply the necessary arms and support for these nations to protect their sovereignty. Ukraine seeks merely the means to defend its territory. Without sufficient arms, the threat looms that more nations will fall prey to the malevolent forces led by Putin. Both the EU and NATO are beginning to recognize this urgency, but the question remains: What about the USA?

Fundamentally, war is always dehumanising, a licence to do things normally beyond the pale. 'Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods' follows a group of Ukrainian soldiers as they "heroically" risk their lives to repell the Russian invaders. Their cause is just, their willingness to sacrifice admirable; but the daily business of being a soldier is a grim one, even if the killing is now done as often by drone as by machine gun. It's sometimes said that there is no such thing as an anti-war movie, but this documentary is so unvarnished that it's hard to love its protagonists, and easier perhaps to feel sympathy for the men they are trying to kill. If Putin had a conscience there'd be a lot weighing on it.

Brilliant harrowing television. How the soldiers can continue to function each day is beyond me. These soldiers are so clearly fighting for all our freedoms and deserve our full support (and that we watch this).

You may prefer an action movie but this sadly is the real thing. Men hunting each other day and night in a wood someone in Ukriane....drones, artillery & snipers all around. The first person video footage is stunning but its the interviews they do afterwards that tear at the heartstrings. These soldiers deserve your attention and full support. Take the time and watch something that is genuinely uncomfortable but also brilliant.

A seriously impressive documentary film from the Ukraine Russian war focusing on a group of soliders. This reminded me a bit of the Ross Kemp in Afghanistan series using lots of body cam footage to show you the soliders perspective of tge fighting. It avoids interviews with generals and MPs and instead focuses squarely on the soliders. The beautiful forests provide a haunting backdrop to all the killing while soliders in WWI style bunkers launch drones to seek out and destroy their enemies. Feelings approaching hate seem to be all we really see towards the other side, only the Medic at the end seems open to the idea she can see the other side differently. Captured prisoners seem to reveal their motive in joining the invasion comes down to money. No mercy is shown during the fighting and it's very brutal and raw to watch. Of course no TV programme or film can ever show you the true feelings of adrenalin and fear from war but this is a very good production. One or two small objections I have are some of the use of music seemed to me unnecessary, also despite being told it was all filmed on body cams by soliders are the start it's clearly not, the cinematography is far too good in some of the sequences. It's not until the end credits you see actually most of the production team actually seem to have been British. At least though it doesn't have a narrator like Ross Kemp doing voiceover for it but does try to allow it to speak for itself.

The truth is here for all to see. The difficulties the soldiers endure and have to deal with it all. War is not for sissies It's hard and cold fact. People die for their country. Yet more enemies are sent to destroy and take over their land. Where will it end? When all defenders are dead? It's time for the free world to WAKE up ande provide the ammunition, the weapons and all they need to defend their country. Unkraine only ask for this and they will defend their own land. If they cannot continue through lack of weapons, more countries will be taken over by the evil that exists in the name of Putin. The EU and NATO are waking up to this fact, but what about the USA?