Policeman Vladimir Nikulin is not only the main character of the Oscar-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol”, but also his savior.
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As the National Police reported on March 11, the law enforcement officer helped the film crew escape and take the footage out of the captured city. He believed that the whole world should see material about events in the city.
Together with the film crew, they drove for 20 hours in a broken car through the occupied territory. Nikulin was carrying journalists along with his own family. They passed 15 enemy checkpoints.
It’s scary to think what would have happened if the occupiers had found under the seats video recordings of Mariupol residents red-handed by the Russian occupiers,” writes the National Police.
Vladimir Nikulin has been serving for 30 years. In 2014, he left temporarily occupied Donetsk and served in the surrounded Mariupol. In August 2023, he was wounded while providing assistance to victims of the Russian shelling of Pokrovsk.
The policeman calls on the international community to remember the crimes of the Russian invaders and reminds that these 20 days in Mariupol were just the beginning. Until now, the occupying forces are mercilessly destroying Ukraine every day.
Source: Racurs
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