This documentary is supposed to show the "other side" of a genocidal war. If you go in with the knowlegde that massacres like Butscha, which has been confirmed to have happened by 3 independent investigations (UN, Amnesty and NYT), have happened; that Russia is shelling civilians and that their troops are actively targeting civilians you will be thoroughly disappointed.
Mr. Langan interviews a Wagner member about Butscha, who mentions that the Russian army retreated orderly from the town and the above mentioned massacre is a western lie. He does not tell the viewer about the investigations and the fact that there is drone footage of the russian army targeting civilians.
When interviewing other russian soldiers, Mr. Langan also does not ask questions you'd expect a journalist to ask, such as: "What is your opnion on you invading a foreign country?". Instead, his priority liies within asking if how they feel at the current moment, the answer to which, given that they are in warzone, should be obvious.
He tries to garner sympathy with the invading genocidal russian forces. That can be seen in this documentary too. Instead of remaining neutral, which usually involves carrying a press-specific shrapnel vest (usually blue, black but generally not camouflaged) with a big "PRESS" on the fron and the back, he instead gets a russian vest, with camouflage. Over the course of the film, you get to see a russian flag appear. Another point is him high-fiving russian troops.
Overall, this is a sorry excuse for a film and waste of time. I never had the hunch that the movie wanted to tell the story from the russian side, but rather create a "but both sides are bad" whataboutism to legitimize the russian invasion.
In my opnion, this movie should be taken down from all streaming sites and Mr. Langan should be ashamed of himself. It feels to me as if he'd been alives during World War 2, he'd have gone to Nazi-Germany and interviewed the guards at Auschwitz to ask them if the task of murdering hundreds of people is mentally tasking or if they enjoy it.
