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Ukraine’s first Oscar hailed as reminder of war’s horrors

‘20 Days in Mariupol’ a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion
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Ukrainian police officer Volodymyr Nikulin poses for a photo in downtown Kyiv, Monday March 11, 2024. Nikulin helped Associated Press journalists during the siege of Mariupol, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while filming “20 Days in Mariupol” which won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Ukraine awoke Monday to another day of war — Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions — but also the news it had won its first Oscar.

The best documentary victory for Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account by The Associated Press journalist of the early days of Russia’s invasion in 2022, was bittersweet.

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