'Indifference Kills as Much as Violence': Ukrainian Filmmaker Issues Searing Warning From the Front

'Indifference kills as much as violence': Ukrainian filmmaker issues searing warning from the front

Oscar-winning journalist and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov joins Morning Joe to discuss his new film '2000 Meters to Andriivka,' which captures a Ukrainian platoon’s fight to reclaim a village in Donbas. Chernov, who directed '20 Days in Mariupol,' reflects on the physical and emotional toll of documenting war, and why, he says, indifference is “one of the biggest enemies of modern society.”

2000 Meters to Andriivka Review: Ukrainian Documentary Captures Impossible Resilience in War

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. 2000 Meters to Andriivka opens in theaters on July 25. In 2000 Meters to Andriivka, we are thrown headfirst into war. From a first-person point of view, we live with a brigade of Ukrainian soldiers as they make their way to liberate the village of Andriivka, which is occupied by the Russians. As the Ukrainians trudge through the forest (they have to avoid the mine…