"As she prepares to leave her flat, one woman frets: My hair is a mess. An English volunteer called Elizabeth is all gentleness, smiles and patience as she clasps the woman's hands in her own. Rechinsky also films women and children getting on to trains leaving Ukraine, tugging along wheelie cases, babies bundled into their warmest onesies. The second focus of the film is the work done by forensics teams and the military to recover and identify the remains of soldiers killed in battle."
"A man built like a wardrobe called Oleksandr (the credits give his nickname as Bulldozer) does the difficult, exhausting and risky job of driving bodies around the country back to their families. His white Transit van has soldiers with angel wings painted on the side. As it passes through one town, people line the streets kneeling on the kerb to honour the dead. It's desperately sad."
Two evacuation missions in Ukraine are portrayed: volunteer teams transport elderly and frail from homes to a processing centre in a former hospital for relocation, and teams recover and return the remains of soldiers to their families. Evacuees include women and children boarding trains, tugging wheelie cases and carrying bundled babies, while volunteers offer gentleness, smiles and patience. Forensics and military personnel work to recover and identify the dead. A robust driver nicknamed Bulldozer transports bodies across the country in a van painted with angel wings as towns line streets and kneel to honour the fallen, conveying grief, tenderness and resilience.
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