Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Netflix | Release Date: October 9, 2015

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 59 Ratings

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MAGA_ManAug 6, 2016

Documentaries often tend to be propagandistic, but this is one of the worst I've seen. You'd swear the Maidan revolution was just a bunch of bright-eyed youths with guitars and facepaint, like a European version of Occupy Wall Street. TheDocumentaries often tend to be propagandistic, but this is one of the worst I've seen. You'd swear the Maidan revolution was just a bunch of bright-eyed youths with guitars and facepaint, like a European version of Occupy Wall Street. The truth, as usual, is a lot more complicated, including a significant fascist and ultra-nationalist presence among the protestors and a lot of ambiguity (which the movie completely removes) about who started the violence at several crucial points.

Mostly it just seems like an attempt to get Western audience riled up against Big Bad Vladimir Putin (boo! hiss!) to justify more neocon interventions against Syria and Crimea. Do not watch this unless you want to see a very twisted, 1-sided, inaccurate portrayal of these events.… Expand

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MrexreturnsOct 13, 2016

THIS GETTING SO MANY GREEN REVIEWS IS REAL PROOF OF THE END OF HUMANITY!

Lies: Euromaidan is for democracy of Ukraine. Truth: It is a collapse program presented by our lovely powers within who want war and collapse. Same thing as in theTHIS GETTING SO MANY GREEN REVIEWS IS REAL PROOF OF THE END OF HUMANITY!

Lies: Euromaidan is for democracy of Ukraine.
Truth: It is a collapse program presented by our lovely powers within who want war and collapse. Same thing as in the French and Russian revolutions of age old.

Lies: The protesters are freedom fighting students fighting for their freedom.
Truth: They are paid thugs who came here to destroy and oust a legit government. And notice the word "Freedom Fighters" is double speak and is a variant of Dragon Fighter but instead fights Freedom, not Fight for Freedom. Of course, i cannot exclude the sheer amount of clueless people who don't have an idea what they are coming into. These people should be ashamed for helping the powers within destroy their own country.

Also, just another note; This "Revolution" will be near your doorstep in America in 2020!

Do not be fooled; This is the same thing they did in Bourbon France, Czarist Russia, Nationalist China, Weimar Germany, Yugoslavia, Libya and Syria and very soon Hong Kong. You need to be very foolish to be fooled by this scheme which is practiced since 12000 years before.

Collapse a corrupt but legit government, replace it with an even more corrupt and illegitimate one. Divide the country, start a revolution, cause chaos, cause collapse, cause civil war, cause purges, then total dictatorship.

"All people makes mistakes; But only a fool repeats one."… Expand

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arostislavnaMar 6, 2022

Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda. Biased propaganda.

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abm0Sep 19, 2016

I don't even need to see this to tell from the synopsis that it's a completely one-sided Western view of things, pretty much an anti-Russian (and anti-Ukrainian!) propaganda piece.

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Someone19Dec 19, 2016

*Firstly, I'll just mention that I primarily registered an account on here just to write this review!*

The amount of propaganda & misinformation present in this movie is astounding. It's hard to argue with a piece like this, from the imagery*Firstly, I'll just mention that I primarily registered an account on here just to write this review!*

The amount of propaganda & misinformation present in this movie is astounding. It's hard to argue with a piece like this, from the imagery to the opening trailer - it all screams of bias. It truly makes me sad that this is what the majority will watch and base their opinions on. Even from a film makers point of view, this documentary is shot in a hugely biased manner (look at the cover screen little girl vs scary riot police). I guess with enough money one could literally direct a propaganda movie about anything.

0/10 for the bias, this is not a historical documentary, this is some hollywood level hippies vs evil government drama bs.… Expand

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