“At Russian checkpoints we were searched at gunpoint,”
Ukrainian actor Ivan Zhilyuk in an exclusive interview with UNIAN spoke about how he himself took people out of Russian-occupied territories, about his childhood in the Donetsk region, the trials of war and new relationships.
On December 5, on International Volunteer Day, at 21:45 the 2+2 TV channel will premiere the four-episode military drama “The Way,” in which Ivan Zhilyuk played the main role.
His character is a talented negotiator and analyst. Even before the full-scale invasion, he helped families separated by the front line, returned prisoners and searched for missing people. To achieve his goals, he did not neglect any connections, because his main goal was to help.
However, in 2022, personally facing the atrocities of the Russian occupation forces and experiencing losses, Alexey goes through his own path…