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Channel 5 Commissions Boris Johnson Ukraine Frontline Documentary

The film showcases his on-the-ground case for faster Western support to Kyiv.

Overview

  • Channel 5 announced the feature-length film on Monday, confirming Soho Studios and Two Rivers as producers and Sphere Abacus for international rights.
  • The documentary, titled Boris Johnson: Into the Kill Zone, follows a 72-hour unofficial trip past Kyiv to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia front.
  • Johnson embeds with Ukrainian soldiers and visits sites such as secret drone bases, a makeshift bomb factory, shattered villages and a frontline chapel.
  • He is shown sheltering during a missile strike and joining mobile gun teams and Kyiv volunteer air defenders on a night shift against drones.
  • Access was arranged with Daily Mail correspondent Richard Pendlebury, and while no air date is set, producers are positioning the film for international sale.