![]() When did you know that you wanted to go to Kharkiv? Like the impact on their, um, daily life has been tremendous even if there are less attacks than there used to be. You know, some of them had lost their home. And we could see it on the people that we had followed. ![]() Regardless of the level of danger and the military operation and all this, the consequences of all those attacks and ha has been obviously enormous. MANI BENCHELAH: And, sorry, if I can just add one thing. Before I felt there was more defiance, and now there was also a sense of like, well, you know, it's, it's not gonna be easy. And, and there were also some more mental health issues of just like the, the impact of nine months of war on some of the, of the characters. PATRICK TOMBOLA: What, what I noticed, just picking up from you in terms of the feeling Kharkiv was that sort of the the adrenaline of the first, uh, two or three months where people were just fighting to survive, you know, and every day was just, uh, you know, not taken for granted was that in a way they got used to that sort of long term war of attrition mood and, and I felt like some people were less, um, uh, less like, oh, you know, we're just gonna resist no matter what, but just realized that it was there for the long haul. Um, so there was a lot of you know, people who came back in there, a lot of, um, restaurants and cafes and, I mean, life had come back, uh, in a semi-normal way, obviously because the country's at war and because of the country, even like Kharkiv itself, were still getting the brunt of like, you know, uh, occasional, uh, missile attack on energy infrastructure mainly, and military targets and so on, but it wasn't as, as severe as it was, uh, eight months before. Um, you know, like a lot of people had come back because, um, the Russian Army was much further away than it used to be. MANI BENCHELAH: Well in Kharkiv when we were there, um, like in January, um, I mean for sure the mood was completely different than like one year ago when we filmed, um, the bulk of the film. Um, I know you've just gotten back from Kharkiv, so tell me what it's like there. RANEY ARONSON-RATH: So as we're talking there are real fears that Russia is going to launch a major offensive really soon. RANEY ARONSON-RATH: Mani and Patrick, thanks so much for being here on the Dispatch. I'm Raney Aronson-Rath, editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE, and this is the FRONTLINE Dispatch. They joined me today after returning from another trip to Kharkiv, and we released an updated version of the film based on Mani and Patrick's new reporting. RANEY ARONSON-RATH: Their work became the FRONTLINE documentary Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack. It’s not like, "OK, I'm ready to die and I’m not afraid." All of us afraid. RANEY ARONSON-RATH: They followed first responders and displaced families trying to survive under truly harrowing conditions. ![]() During the first few months of the war, when the city was under near constant attack, filmmakers Mani Benchelah and Patrick Tombola were on the ground in Kharkiv. RANEY ARONSON-RATH: One of their first targets was Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv, located near the Russian border. NEWS ARCHIVE : From the north, the east, and the south, Russia has attacked Ukraine with airstrikes, missiles, and troops. NEWS ARCHIVE : Russia has invaded Ukraine, starting a war. ![]() RANEY ARONSON-RATH: February 24th marks one year since Russia began its assault on Ukraine. NEWS ARCHIVE : We are witnessing history.
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