Witnesses. Place of Birth

At the start of the full-scale invasion, the city of Chernihiv was under siege by Russian forces for 37 days. Due to the encirclement and constant shelling by Russian troops, the city was left without access to water, food, or medicine. Under these conditions, women continued to give birth at the Chernihiv Maternity Hospital. The film’s protagonists share their experiences of giving birth in a bomb shelter, sharing a single cake with raisins for two weeks, and rationing medications when it was unclear whether more would be available in the near future.