Maxim Strygewski
As a fixer and local producer, I help global media outlets and documentary filmmakers tell their stories about the war and life in Ukraine that make a difference.
About me
I've been covering russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine since March 2022. My experience includes working with Scandinavian media outlets such as TV4, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet, YLE, Helsingin Sanomat, Jyllands-Posten, and Politiken, along with German, Dutch, Latvian, Italian, French, Portuguese, Canadian, and others. I have all the expertise needed to offer you a comprehensive solution for your successful work in Ukraine.
How can I be of help?
Fixing
- Hands-on support across Ukraine, guiding you through the local landscape;
- Setting up interviews and arranging shoots;
- Securing access and providing real-time translation;
- Finding local heroes and liaising with authorities for permits;
- Fact-checking and offering remote assistance.
Logistics
- Planning and executing travel arrangements, including border crossings and in-country transportation;
- Assistance in securing safe and comfortable accommodations, along with ensuring the safety of your crew during your stay in Ukraine.
Equipment rental & crew sourcing
- Local rental of camera and sound equipment, lighting kits, drones, and production accessories;
- Hiring trusted local professionals: camera operators, sound engineers, drivers, translators, and security personnel.
Stringer
- Providing breaking news updates, human-interest stories, and on-the-ground developments
- Delivering urgent footage, interviews, and localized context with a journalist’s eye and local insight;
- Offering timely news coverage, visuals, and verified information from the ground.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
UKRAINIAN WOMEN
Russia's brutal war of aggression irrevocably changed the lives of five women. They found themselves in extreme situations: imprisoned, tortured, raped. Can trauma be cured? Length: 47 min. Published 24.2.2024.
December 2023, Kyiv.
An interview for the Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske about my work as a fixer and media producer in Ukraine.
2024, Ukraine.
The documentary series “Those Who Stay at Home” portrays the daily lives of Ukrainians who, despite the war, continue to live and work in frontline regions. Each of the five episodes introduces viewers to residents of one of the regions along the line of fire: Chernihiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk regions.
Yaroslav Bazylevych, a father of three, tragically lost his wife, Yevheniia, and their daughters, Yaryna (21), Dariia (18), and Emiliia (7), during a Russian missile attack on their home in Lviv, Ukraine, on September 4, 2024. TV4 News met with Yaroslav, who is now appealing for help. 'To the whole world: wake up and start acting,' he said.
August 26, 2022 , Mykolaiv.
The soldiers Ukraine places its hope in: 'Forward, forward, and forward.
TV4 News at the front.
"In Bakhmut, There Are Only Ruins"
A few kilometers from Bakhmut, the roads of soldiers heading to the front intersect with those of people who have fled the city, not knowing when they will be able to return but certain that they will find only ruins.
Tg3 in Donbas on May 8, 2023
November 4, 2022, Bakhmut.
We've been taken to the war zone in Bakhmut, where we follow a team evacuating civilians from even the most heavily affected towns in Ukraine's combat zones.
March 8, 2025. Mykolaiv, Kherson.
A travelogue by journalist Heikki Aittokoski and photographer Juha Salminen illustrates how death and sacrifice become part of everyday life in war."
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In June 2023, the 'Kakhovka Sea' disappeared – a massive reservoir from Zaporizhzhia to Kherson. The sea is gone, but the people remain. How do Ukrainians in the region now live, who not only endured an attack by the Russian army but also witnessed one of the largest environmental disasters of the 21st century? This is the subject of the documentary film by journalist Alexey Dunda from RUS.LSM.
October 2024, Donetsk region. The documentary experience combines a wide range of videos, 3D modeling, and audio content to explore the clinic's spaces and equipment, including defibrillators and adrenaline injectors used to save the wounded.
You can explore the front desk by moving your phone. The experience is also compatible with computers.
Soldiers freeze sperm – before going to the front
“I’d rather get pregnant in uncertain times, than lose the opportunity.”
March 2023, Kyiv
With AFP in October, 2022, in the south of Ukraine. Andriy Dolgopolov, a Grad rocket battery commander, and his wife Tetiana Dolgopolova, a first aider in the Ukrainian army, met three years ago while serving in Donbas. Now, they are fighting side by side against Russia's full-scale invasion.
"Ukraine: Living Underground to Escape Bombs
While reporting from the Donbass region in June 2022, our collaborator Fabrice de Pierrebourg discovered the difficult conditions in which the inhabitants were trapped, unable to leave."
The Resistance in Ukraine: 'We Are Like the Partisans'
Resistance is a current reality in Ukraine, where Kyiv was liberated 20 days ago, and civilians who took up arms against the Russians say: 'We are like the partisans.' Testimonies from the population.
Tg3 on April 25, 2022 in Bucha and Kyiv.
July 22, 2022, Chernobyl.
Portuguese TV SIC in Ukraine: the shock left by Russians in Chernobyl.
Ukrainian children are being taught near the front to survive.
When the tanks rolled into the Ukrainian village of Snihurivka in eastern Ukraine, the children were forced to say goodbye to their safe, everyday lives and confront the harsh reality of war. Instead of play and school days, they now must learn to prepare for danger and uncertainty.
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