Standard Deviation × Remote Control bring us directly to Ukraine, where people continue to resist Russia’s brutal full-scale war of aggression. Their joint project RIDNE (Рідне, Ukrainian for ‘native/dear’) is a series of videos shot over 2022 and 2023 in various locations in the country. The videos, shot in first-person perspective, were set to music by musicians who are closely connected to the respective place shown in each video, whether it is their own hometown, a personal place of solace, or a place that symbolises something of their own experience of war. Part two of RIDNE explores five new locations, each bearing the marks of past and present battles as well as regions seemingly untouched by the war that are permeated by tension. In Bucha, we witness the enduring pain inflicted by Russian occupants on the local population. In Kharkiv Oblast, we delve into the effects of volunteer relief efforts. Aspects of the Kakhovka Dam catastrophe and its devastating impact on the local biosphere are portrayed in visits to Kherson and Zaporizhia. Lastly, we walk through a seemingly unaffected village where palpable tension lurks beneath.