Guillaume Ptak

We were also lucky to be allowed inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC), a structure set up in 2016 to confine the remains of reactor N°4 of the Chornobyl NPP, which was destroyed in the 1986 disaster. I had never thought I'd once see the original sarcophagus, it felt like an immense privilege.

18.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

With 2 colleagues, we've just spent 3 days in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where we interviewed scientists, representatives of the agency tasked with protecting and managing the Zone, as well as an adorable couple of elderly residents who came back to their home despite the order to evacuate.

18.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

This is Makar, a 6 year-old kid from Slobozhanske, Kharkiv oblast, who, instead of drawing angels, chose to draw the map and flag of his country and, as he called them “the stolen oblasts of Ukraine.” His mom told me that he is able to tell which guns are being used at any given time by ear.

07.12.2024 21:17 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

"on the previous thousand days. We believe that it would be correct for our partners to react [...] in the same way as on the previous 1,000 days, without any additional information buildup. We ask all Ukrainian citizens to remain vigilant, not to neglect the air alert signals.."

20.11.2024 14:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Rumours of an upcoming massive Russian missile and drone attack are circulating on Telegram, prompting Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put out the following statement: "On this 1001st day of the full-scale invasion, the threat of Russian shelling is as urgent as..."

20.11.2024 14:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To celebrate moving to a platform that’s less toxic and has slightly fewer Nazis, here’s a picture of Rosa and me. I found her in the streets about three weeks ago, starving, cold and caked in dirt. I am pleased to say that she’s made a full recovery.

17.11.2024 10:14 — 👍 25    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

The first reports of casualties are starting to trickle in: according to Mykolaiv mayor Vitaliy Kim, two women have been killed during today’s Shahed attack while another 4 adults and 2 children were injured. One child had to be hospitalized.

17.11.2024 06:15 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Today’s missile strike has caused damage in three districts of Kyiv and injured a woman in Pechersk after the roof of a 5-storey residential building caught fire.

17.11.2024 06:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Well, looks like today’s massive missile attack over Ukraine is as good a reason as any other to finally start posting here. Currently sitting in the air-raid shelter with my cat, there are still rockets and Russian bombers in the air. Looks like they are targeting the energy infrastructure.

17.11.2024 06:08 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 5    📌 1