AD 242. (the Airport of Donetsk)

"The book is about the 242 days of fighting at Donetsk airport, or in AD ("Hell") – as it was named by defenders of the airport – these are up to sixty testimonies of the "cyborgs", comments of military experts and military analysts from Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and Canada, a representative of the General Military HQ of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But the main thing – it is about life and death, about recklessness and fear, love and friendship, about what and why Ukrainian fighters were defending in the terminals of DAP – read the stories by the immediate participants of Donetsk airport defense. Read, analyze, and draw your unbiased conclusions.
The widest-scale book project implemented in cooperation with Radio Liberty. Photos by The Los Angeles Times correspondent Serhiy Loiko!"
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 144x210 mm

Number of pages: 352, illustrated
Publisher: Bookclub, Kharkiv
Contents:

- Peredmova

Rozpovidi zakhysnykiv Donets‘koho aeroportu:

Kviten‘ – serpen‘

- "Separatysty prykryvalysja tsyvil‘nymy i nam ne lozvoljaly striljaty", - spetspryznachenets‘

- "Z takymy ljud‘my mozhna u same peklo yty – vony ne zradjat‘", - "Khalk"

- "Vy ne znaydete toho, khto skazhe, shcho aeroport zakhyshchaly darma", - kiborh Vadym

Veresen‘ – lystopad

- "Aeroport dav upenenist‘, shcho my mozhemo peremohty", - kiborh "Koka"

- "Strashno bulo yty u povnu nevidomist‘. Ale "Marshal" zaspokojiv", - "Maloy"

- "My ne odrazu zrozumily, shcho nas nazyvajut‘ kiborhamy", - "Hrynja"

- "V aeroportu ja vtratyv patriotyzm", - bojets‘ "Shtandart"

- "Spravzhniy kiborh – tse moja druzhyna", - Vadym Borsjak

- "My znaly, shcho stojaty treba na smert‘, a "peremyr’ja" bulo za nashymy spynamy", - "Leo"

- "Khto khotiv vojuvaty – vojuvav, khto ne khotiv – u pidvali sydiv", - bojets‘ "Ivich"

- "Aeroport utrymuvavsja initsiatyvoju biytsiv, a ne komanduvannja", - "Bohema"

- "Tak, my – kiborhy, ale zh i kiborhy lamajut‘sja", - bojets‘ "Khortytsja"

- "Odnoho nashoho zadushyly, inshoho spalyly – os‘ iz kym my vojujemo", - "Askol‘d"

- "Takoho ja ne bachyv ni v Iraku, ni v Afrytsi, ni v Kosovi", - "Tanas"

- "Ja buv naymolodshyy komandyr. Dytjachi maljunky pidnimaly nam nastriy", - "Lytsar"

- "Bulo bahato poranenykh. Terminal utrymuvaly 10 cholovik", - "Chjerdak"

- "Mene zdyvuvala vidsutnist‘ hramotnoji systemy oboronu aeroportu", - Bohdanov

- "Kiborhy ne vzhyvaly alkohol‘ ta psykhotropni zamoby", - "Polihlot"

- "Jakby my ne zdaly Krym, na Donbasi takoho b ne bulo", - "Skorpion"

- "Ne vidkryvaly vohon‘, bo bula nebezpeka vluchyty v svojikh", - Oleksiy "Som"

- "Operatsiju "Aeroport" my nazyvaly "AD", tobto peklo", - Jaroslav Pohorelyy

- "Life News" znimaly "zakhvat" aeroportu, instsenujuchy podiji", - bojets‘ Ihor

- "Pid chas peremyr’ja separatysty shturmuvaly staryy terminal aeroportu", - Matlak

- "Chomu rosijany idut‘ vpered, a nashi stojat‘ i vidstupajut‘?", - bojets‘ "Rem"

- "Koly pochynajesh vojuvaty nestandartno, u voroha plavyt‘sja mozok", - "Bjes"

- "Nichoho heroys‘koho. My vykonuvaly boyovi zavdannja", - Pavlo Salikov

- "Separatysty sami proponuvaly peremyr’ja, a potim yoho porushuvaly", - "Smilyvyy"

- "Kontraktnyky vidmovljalysja, a my zh dobrovol‘tsi", - Vitaliy Horkun

- Serhiy Haljan – kiborh z pershoji shpal‘ty "The Los Angeles Times"

Hruden‘ – sichen‘

- "Nashykh khloptsiv ne rozpynaly, a vishaly", - zakhysnyk aeroportu "Djed"

- "Tsja viyna y oborona aeroportu sformuvaly "choloviche" pokolinnja", - "Dynamo"

- "Vony vykorystaly peremyr’ja, shchob pidirvaty aeroport", - "Zapal"

- "My hovoryly rosiys‘koju, a stojaly za Ukrajinu, i mova nas ne rozdiljala", - "Baryn"

- "Viyna za domovlenostjamy – tse han‘ba. Nas propuskaly jak misheni", - "Sherlok"

- "My utrymuvaly meteostantsiju pid postiynymy obstrilamy", - Kokhanivs‘kyy

- "Vikna zakladaly bytym kakhlem, z armatury robyly "shtory", - "Mykhalych"

- "Zvychayni ljudy vojujut‘ proty spetsiv, spravzhn‘oji armiji", - Roman Trubin

- "V ostanni dni v Donets‘komu aeroportu litala smert‘", - Oleksandr "Pavuk"

- "Nabahato boljuchishe zdavaty svoju Bat‘kivshchynu, anizh namahatysja rjatuvaty", - "Krym"

- "Ja zalyshyvsja z poranenymy i vyyshov do separatystiv na perehovory", - "Spartanets‘"

- "Miy druh Ihor zalyshyvsja z poranenymy. Yoho vbyv "Motorola", - "Sjevjer"

- "Soldaty v aeroportu hotovi buly za tsey symvol viddaty zhyttja", - kapelan Kravets‘

- "OBSJe zajizhdzhaly na 15 khvylyn chaju popyty, a lysh vyjidut‘ – "zhara", - "Boryspol‘s‘kyy"

- "Vlada bojit‘sja dobrovol‘tsiv, bo vony jiy nichoho ne vynni", - Kyrylo "Kobra"

- "My vidmovylysja yty cherez blokpost separatystiv", - "Syvyy"

- "Treba nahorodzhuvaty "Za muzhnist‘" lyshe za te, shcho zayshov v aeroport", - serzhant "Batja"

- "Operatsija z deblokuvannja bula sumburnoju, nakazy ne vidpovidaly obstanovtsi", - bojets‘ "Bahdad"

- "My bachyly u binokl‘ rozp’jati tila nashykh khloptsiv", - kiborh "Dim-Dim"

- "Biy tryvav visim hodyn. Na nas ishly 10 tankiv i pikhota", - polkovnyk "Nimets‘"

- "Nayzhorstokishe v poloni bulo, koly polamanoho dolamuvaly", - bojets‘ 80-ji bryhady

- "Ostanniy biy", - bojets‘ 90-ho batal‘yonu "Fly"

Epiloh

- "Aeroport zdaly cherez pomylky soldativ i kerivnytstva?"

- Pro uchast‘ VDV v oboroni Donets‘koho aeroportu y pro zminy v armiji - Zabrods‘kyy

- "Vony ne vyvely ljudey i zalyshyly jikh na zahybel‘", - kapelan aeroportu

- "Komanduvannja malo by vchasno vyvesty kiborhiv i pidirvaty aeroport", - Pavlo Kashchuk

- "Tsja viyna rozdilena na dva etapy – do aeroportu y pislja", - Natan Khazin

- "Volontery kupyly hodynnyky y vruchyly niby vid prezydenta", - zhurnalist

- "Aeroport stav trenuval‘noju bazoju dlja vsijeji natsiji", - bojets‘ "Skif"

Komentari viys‘kovykh ta ekspertiv z bezpeky, zakordonnykh zhurnalistiv:

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