Kyiv's techno scene and Russia's war | DW Documentary

They are young, they love music and they are living in a time of war. Russia's attack on Ukraine has radically changed the lives of people like Dasha, Vika and Sasha. These three left their normal jobs to rebuild their homeland as part of the "Repair Together" initiative.

Repair Together was founded in May 2022 by four creative urbanites from the Kyiv techno scene. Unlike many other aid initiatives, this one combines reconstruction with community, creativity and music. In the summer of 2022, their "reconstruction raves" drew hundreds of volunteers from around the world to clean up and rebuild destroyed villages in northern Ukraine.

But the longer the war lasts and the colder the temperatures get, the harder it gets to maintain the group’s cohesion. Support also threatens to wane. As temperatures drop, people tend to go to indoor techno parties -- not ones held on open-air construction sites. As winter approaches, fewer and fewer volunteers sign up for construction work, forcing the foursome to pause most reconstruction projects until it gets warmer, again.

But Dasha and Vika, two of the organizers of Repair Together, want to continue building a house just before spring. Because they know that if they don't give the family back their home as soon as possible, in all likelihood, no one will. "All hopes are just with NGOs, like ours. Because the state can't help, it's at war. It does not yet have the capacity to build private homes," Vika knows. To attract helpers to their building project even without the "building raves," the two young women are coming up with creative and unconventional ideas for their social media channels. "We want to show: We’re not only building, but also spending a good and exciting time in the village," says Dasha. But given the biting cold, how many participants will ultimately sign up?

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[horsesU]

Bless Ukraine and bless these young men and women who bring light and love in this awful, unjust war ❤

[voreshbo]

Im gonna save up money and go help and meet and help these heroes out. Im a lucky Scandinavian, and need meaning in my life, struggling with addiction and currently 7months clean, i need to go do something meaningful ❤

[ALk-humi]

Speechless of these guys, so much respect!

[cougsjohnson]

This is brilliant ! Young people need to have some level of Fun. What motivates many is the "Work Hard & Play Hard" Mentality ! Other people should replicate this methodology going forward !!

[timothykangethe]

These guys are Nobel Prize Winners in my Heart...for Repairing Lives and for having great taste for the right kind of 🎶 genre 🤗

Absolutely Love this Tenacious Spirit.🤩

I'd Marry one of their ladies...my kind of girl(s) 🥰

[ivoferin]

Wild at hearts... what an inspiration!!!

[XenoTravis]

This channel does some random topics but it is always a great job. The amount of random facts I know about places is all thanks to this

[barbarahunc]

Amazing human resilience.
Slava Ukrainie ❤

[rekocastren]

Such cool caring people. Art lives everywhere!

[mohammedsaysrashid]

Planting passive energy and delightful emotions inside human consciousness whose suffering of wars bad consequences are a great doing. It's a great journal coverage documentary organized by a respectful (DW) documentary channel

[Schmilingo]

Me and my friends were so impressed and inspired by the project that we organised a fundraiser event in Berlin to collect money for "repair together".
Keep up the amazing work! It really makes a difference
Thanks for the Documentary, DW

[ingridakerblom]

24:00 i just want to hug her..
The look in her eyes... The fear & sadness, even when she smiles...

[funkmachine]

this wasn't so much about techno as just them doing other things but its cool to see

[zerdorus]

These young people are amazing, just amazing.

[emmaoyongo]

They are indeed angels in human forms, VIVA UKRAINE 👍👍❤️❤️.

[atanacioluna]

Tears glisten in the eye of these lovely youths; mine fall. They defeat the pain with action. Except for that cat, beautiful.

[anthonyallred_unfiltered]

Absolutely amazing 🤩 KEEP IT UP!!! God bless you all and your Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤🎉

[soundgamex]

In my City in Germany we got a ukrainian group who is doing techno partys for Ukraine, they travel to Ukraine and do the same thing with the money they get. Great to see

[sparky]

It is fantastic what these people are doing! They are giving people hope and boosting their spirits. People working together like this is what the world needs a lot of. They show everyone they are human and care. BRAVO!! NEVER GIVE UP!! 😀

[mystixa]

Beautiful. Showing the best part of humanity right there. Well done Dasha Vika and Sasha and all those that help you.