After their Shreds of War: Fates from the Donbas Frontline 2015¿2019 Eperjesi and Kachura
uncover in this second volume effects of the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. Oleksandr
managed to visit the peninsula not long after its occupation by Russian troops. While doing
interviews with local people he was threatened by the authorities yet managed to escape with
his exclusive stories of teachers and students pensioners children and their parents market
vendors and businessmen homeless people health care employees and their patients the so
called ¿cotton wool people ¿ and Ukrainian patriots. Many of them told him about how hopeful
they were in early 2014 and how disappointed they have become as their expectations were not
met by the ¿Russian world.¿ This concerns the banking system of Crimea propaganda and
censorship of the Russian state and failed tourist seasons. People still living or somehow
related to Crimea tell us about the dramatic days of the illegal annexation. They explain what
led to the tragedy and what mistakes were made by the Ukrainian authorities. Ordinary people
soldiers journalists heroes and traitors emigrants Crimean Tatars Russian soldiers
Cossacks and the members of the so called ¿Crimean Self-Defense¿ disclose how they contributed
to the historic events on the peninsula. Finally the famous Crimean film director Oleh Sentsov
shares with us how he managed to survive his illegal imprisonment by Russia and what impact it
has had on his life.
