On June 5, the first Ukrainian screening of The Reckoning Project’s documentary film "Big Water" will be held in Lviv to mark the anniversary of the explosion at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. After the screening, there will be a discussion with the film's authors.
On June 6, 2023, Russian military forces blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam. Thousands of cubic meters of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir flooded dozens of villages and towns.
When the water flooded Kherson, Maksym was retrieving the bodies of the deceased. Svitlana and Valentyna were collecting water samples by boat to check if it was poisonous. Oleh helped residents stock up on drinking water. They are employees of the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Southern Region in Kherson. Their work is mostly unnoticed: people in bulletproof vests collecting water and soil samples under fire. Together with the Prosecutor General's Office, they gather evidence in the case of ecocide due to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on June 6, 2023. This film is about what it’s like to investigate a crime when you yourself are a victim and when the full scale of the disaster's consequences will only become clear in years to come.
Researchers from The Reckoning Project, Anna Tsygyma and Ghanna Mamonova, documented the stories of representatives of the State Environmental Service who collect evidence of the Russian war crime daily.
Wednesday, June 5, 6:30 pm (Kyiv time)
Lviv, Chornovola Avenue, 45G,
Territory of Terror Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes
The number of seats is limited. Registration for the event is open until the end of June 4.
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