This is a story about heroic people who risk their lives to bring light to Ukrainians, like the mythological Prometheus, and the last operating power plant in an unoccupied part of the Donetsk region, in the East of Ukraine. As the plant is located 10 kilometers from the front line, it experiences constant heavy shelling by Russian forces. There is a very simple pattern: As soon as the plant starts operating and smoke appears, Russia immediately begins shelling the facility. Nevertheless, its brave workers continue to operate until the very end, with Russia still destroying vital elements of the plant. Eventually, the plant shuts down and a forced evacuation of people and equipment begins. Strangely enough, history remembers such times: It was 1941, and the plant was forcibly evacuated to the East, away from Nazi Germany. Now, the evacuation is happening in the opposite direction, away from the imperial invaders from Russia.
Anton Shtuka
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The Last Prometheus of Donbas
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