Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods shows the chaos of war with unprecedented intimacy

Director Jamie Roberts's film is an unflinching look at one of the many battles raging daily across the eastern frontcontinues, the easier it has become for it to feel abstract, with the initial horror at seeing such devastating conflict in Europe growing normalised. The deeply immersive BBC Two documentarywas a sharp reminder that it mustn’t be, as it brought home the frontline reality with a close-up, visceral thump.

Otherwise, pity for the enemy was in short supply. “They’re not people to me,” remarked Dmytro, while Vovan sprayed wounded Russians with machine-gun fire – the screen turned to black at this point. And there were an awful of dead Russians scattered across the forest floor. You wondered about the poor conscripts being used as cannon fodder by the Kremlin. For the Ukrainian defenders, too, there was a weary amazement at the number of soldiers being thrown into the remorseless meat grinder of war.

The film almost ended on an upbeat note, as Vovan and other survivors drove back to Kyiv for reunions with their loved ones. A postscript however informed us that during their seven-week rotation, 66 out of the 99 troops had been seriously wounded, with 10 deaths. “We are a family,” said Natalia, her eyes darting around with what looked like incipient PTSD.

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