Ukraine Military

282 Tage im Krieg. Als am Morgen des 24. Februar 2022 die russische Armee in das Nachbarland Ukraine einmarschiert, steht die gesamte westliche Welt unter Schock. Bewegt von den Bildern des Angriffskriegs, beschließt der ausgebildete Panzergrenadier Jonas Kratzenberg, das ukrainische Volk in seinem Ringen um Freiheit zu unterstützen – als Soldat, im bewaffneten Kampf.

Jakovenko was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Special Forces Distinguished Member of the Regiment in 2024. His name is engraved on the Ranger Memorial at Fort Benning, the site used for Fox News' special America's Top Ranger which follows the Army's Best Ranger Competition.

From a team of leading Ukrainian reporters, 77 Days of February is the bracingly powerful and intimate story of the early days of the Russian invasion of their thriving independent nation. It brings to the world, in a way not seen before, the experiences of everyday Ukrainians whose lives have been forever torn apart by this brutal and illegal war, and celebrates their monumental strength and resilience.

In this real-life adventure, Justa, youngest of ten children in a Mennonite family in WWII era Ukraine, revisits a childhood in totalitarian Stalinist USSR. When authorities swoop down in the middle of the night to seize neighbor’s fathers, Justa begins to dread the dark. Would her beloved papa be next? As both armies—German and Russian—approach, thirteen-year-old Justa and her family hurriedly pack their wagon to flee. What valuables should they take? What must they leave behind? How will the absent brothers find them? Will the family ever be whole again?

Join the artist as he tracks his target to Kiev, Ukraine. Will he survive or will the hunter become the hunted?