Ukraine on Fire (2016 film)

Ukraine on Fire
Ukraine on Fire
	Film poster
Directed by	Igor Lopatonok
Written by	Vanessa Dean
Produced by	Igor Lopatonok
Starring	Oliver Stone; Vladimir Putin; Victor Yanukovich; Vitaly Zakharchenko; Robert Parry;
Narrated by	Lex Lang
Production; company	Another Way Productions
Distributed by	Another Way Productions ; Cinema Libre Studio
Release dates	June 2016 (Taormina Film Fest); July 18, 2017;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ukraine on Fire is a film directed by Igor Lopatonok and premiered at the 2016 Taormina Film Fest.^[1] It features Oliver Stone, the executive producer,^[2] interviewing pro-Russian figures surrounding the Revolution of Dignity such as Viktor Yanukovich and Vladimir Putin.^[3] The film portrays the events that led to the flight of Yanukovych in February 2014 as a coup d'état orchestrated by the United States with the help of far-right Ukrainian factions. The film's central thesis is that the U.S. had used Ukraine as a proxy against Russia for many years. It also claims that a large and influential section of Ukrainian protestors involved in the 2014 Revolution of Dignity were neo-Nazis.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

The film was regarded by critics as presenting a "Kremlin-friendly version of the events".^[9] It was also criticized for advancing the Russian narrative about the revolution.^[10]

^ Giannavola, Salvatore (2016-06-17). "Taormina Film Fest: Oliver Stone e Igor Lopatonok presentano Ukraine on Fire". Telefilm Central (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-05. Sono queste le keywords del docufilm di Igor Lopatonok e Oliver Stone che nella mattinata di ieri hanno presentato in anteprima nazionale 'Ukraine on Fire'.
^ "Oliver Stone: Reports Russia to blame for Ukraine violence are fake news". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ Sanders, Lewis (22 November 2016). "Putin's celebrity circle". dw.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ M, J (2016-06-30). "Oliver Stone zoekt de waarheid achter Oekraïnecrisis in nieuwe documentaire" [Oliver Stone seeks truth behind Ukraine crisis in new documentary]. Knack Focus (in Dutch). Roularta Media Group. Retrieved 2022-03-05. On his Facebook page, Oliver Stone stated at the end of 2014 that Yanukovytsh's resignation was actually a coup, directed by the CIA and therefore the United States. According to Stone, the Western press is withholding the facts that prove American involvement.
^ Peck Thompson, Christine (2018-06-22). "UKRAINE ON FIRE – Documentary Dives Deep Into Current Conflict Between Russian and Ukraine, Shows Another Side To The Story". AMFM Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-05. In addition to Putin, Stone interviews former President Viktor Yanukovych and Minister of Internal Affairs, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, who explain how the U.S. Ambassador and factions in Washington actively plotted for regime change.
^ Pavel Shekhtman (2016-12-05). "Oliver Stone's "Ukraine on Fire" is undistilled Kremlin propaganda". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 2022-06-07. Oleh Tyahynbok is the only one of the three who has actually resorted to xenophobia and anti-Semitic rhetoric. But after the Maidan revolution he lost most of the seats in parliament that his party had, including his own.
^ Kirchick, James (January 5, 2015). "Oliver Stone's Latest Dictator Suckup". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
^ Armano, Antonio (2016-10-26). "Oliver Stone's Ukraine". Collectible DRY. Collectible Media Ltd. Retrieved 2022-06-13. But this reconstruction lacks something, and that lack penalizes our understanding. We see no mention of Golodomor, the genocidal famine Stalin imposed on the country in the 1930s, killing millions of Ukrainians. There's no mention of Stalin's collectivization of lands, nor his persecution of religion. These oversights make it hard to understand why the Nazis were welcomed as liberators. They weren't welcomed because the Ukrainians were Nazis too, but because the population was desperate for salvation.
^ Cite error: The named reference Kozlov 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference (Vlast.kz) (OCCRP) 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Giannavola, Salvatore (2016-06-17). "Taormina Film Fest: Oliver Stone e Igor Lopatonok presentano Ukraine on Fire". Telefilm Central (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-03-05. Sono queste le keywords del docufilm di Igor Lopatonok e Oliver Stone che nella mattinata di ieri hanno presentato in anteprima nazionale 'Ukraine on Fire'.

[BelfastTelegraph.co.uk_2017-2] "Oliver Stone: Reports Russia to blame for Ukraine violence are fake news". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[DW_2016-3] Sanders, Lewis (22 November 2016). "Putin's celebrity circle". dw.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[4] M, J (2016-06-30). "Oliver Stone zoekt de waarheid achter Oekraïnecrisis in nieuwe documentaire" [Oliver Stone seeks truth behind Ukraine crisis in new documentary]. Knack Focus (in Dutch). Roularta Media Group. Retrieved 2022-03-05. On his Facebook page, Oliver Stone stated at the end of 2014 that Yanukovytsh's resignation was actually a coup, directed by the CIA and therefore the United States. According to Stone, the Western press is withholding the facts that prove American involvement.

[5] Peck Thompson, Christine (2018-06-22). "UKRAINE ON FIRE – Documentary Dives Deep Into Current Conflict Between Russian and Ukraine, Shows Another Side To The Story". AMFM Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-05. In addition to Putin, Stone interviews former President Viktor Yanukovych and Minister of Internal Affairs, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, who explain how the U.S. Ambassador and factions in Washington actively plotted for regime change.

[6] Pavel Shekhtman (2016-12-05). "Oliver Stone's "Ukraine on Fire" is undistilled Kremlin propaganda". Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. Retrieved 2022-06-07. Oleh Tyahynbok is the only one of the three who has actually resorted to xenophobia and anti-Semitic rhetoric. But after the Maidan revolution he lost most of the seats in parliament that his party had, including his own.

[DB150105-7] Kirchick, James (January 5, 2015). "Oliver Stone's Latest Dictator Suckup". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

[8] Armano, Antonio (2016-10-26). "Oliver Stone's Ukraine". Collectible DRY. Collectible Media Ltd. Retrieved 2022-06-13. But this reconstruction lacks something, and that lack penalizes our understanding. We see no mention of Golodomor, the genocidal famine Stalin imposed on the country in the 1930s, killing millions of Ukrainians. There's no mention of Stalin's collectivization of lands, nor his persecution of religion. These oversights make it hard to understand why the Nazis were welcomed as liberators. They weren't welcomed because the Ukrainians were Nazis too, but because the population was desperate for salvation.

[Kozlov_2016-9] Cite error: The named reference Kozlov 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[(Vlast.kz)_(OCCRP)_2022-10] Cite error: The named reference (Vlast.kz) (OCCRP) 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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