Watch: U2 release short film to accompany new song Yours Eternally
Kenneth Fox
After releasing a new EP titled Days of Ash last week, U2 has unveiled a new short film for their single Yours Eternally.
The four-and-a-half-minute documentary film was directed by Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker Ilya Mikhaylus and produced by Pyotr Verzilov.
The film’s release on Tuesday, February 24th, marks the 4th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Shot in December 2025 while Mikhaylus and his crew were embedded alongside the 40,000-strong Khartiya Corps, the film captures the extraordinary daily lives of Alina and her fellow soldiers from Khartiya Corps fighting on the frontlines of the war in the Kharkiv region.
The short is part of a full-scale documentary set to be released at the end of 2026.
Documentary director Ilya Mikhaylus said: “For four years, Ukraine has been resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the soldiers of the Khartiya Corps are among the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians defending their homeland.
"In this short film, and in the upcoming full-length documentary, we attempt to show the beating human heart of those incredible men and women, the struggles and sacrifices they are making every day for the most sacred thing on this planet - freedom”.
They said the film would not be possible without soldiers from the 2nd “Khartiya” Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine, CorpsCommander Colonel Ihor Obolenskiy, and Vsevolod Kozhemyako.
