This Vice documentary, directed by Adam Desiderio and Ben C. Solomon, has “exclusive access to Ukrainian officials, soldiers and civilians, explore the human cost and strategic decisions made to save their most key city in an endless war with Russia.”

For ten months in the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces used everything they had to fight off Russian invaders. Today, our President would say that this was a stupid war and “I told them that I want the equivalent, like $500 billion of rare earth, and they’ve essentially agreed to do that, so at least we don’t feel stupid. Otherwise, we’re stupid. I said to them, we have to get something. We can’t continue to pay this money.”

Have people forgotten this war? I wonder. I’m of two minds about it, as there’s a major Nazism to some of the defending forces, but it’s also that there’s nobody good in it. Actually, there’s nobody good in the world these days. I remain despondent and yet I keep watching these Tubi Original docs instead of putting my head in the sand because I feel like that would be even worse. I worry about what to do and don’t know the answers. Maybe I’m just meant to write about inconsequential things, but I wish that my words at least made people feel better or brought about understanding.

You can watch this on Tubi.