“Kherson. Resistance Continues” is a documentary film by the Ukraine War Archive about volunteers Oleh Dehusarov, Viacheslav Lukashchuk, and Oleh Salnyk. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, they have been rescuing people, carrying out evacuations, and delivering humanitarian aid—despite shelling, flooding, and being hunted by FPV drones.

The protagonists of the film witnessed the occupation of Kherson, the brutality of Russian forces, the liberation of the city, the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, and even the so-called “human safari” that continues to this day in the de-occupied parts of Kherson region. This film is not about heroism, but about the everyday reality of courage—about humanity at the edge of devastation, about how ordinary people in Kherson hold the world together as it falls apart. It is a story of what keeps us alive during war: help, fear, humor, absurdity, exhaustion, memory, and even the stubborn determination to “just keep living.”

The film was produced with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. The content reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the position of the International Renaissance Foundation.