Direction Odessa, in Ukraine, this great port on the Black Sea, which Vladimir Putin had made a target. After more than seven months of war in Ukraine, while the Ukrainian forces have been carrying out a vast counter-offensive for several weeks, the magazine “1:15 p.m. on Sunday” (Twitter, #1:15 p.m.) found David, the French baker who has been living in the city for several years.
He tried to keep his store open at all costs, but since last summer the trader has had to close it. The bombings have stopped and the city has resumed some habits of its so recent past, even if sirens and curfews punctuate everyone’s daily life.
Between hope and doubt
This relative, fragile peace rests on the neighboring town of Mykolaiv, a lock that the Russians are unable to break. David devotes a large part of his time to helping the inhabitants of this town, by organizing collections of clothes and food.
The French then conveys what he was able to gather, but the road is dangerous. The journeys are made during the day because it is too risky at night. This report, by David Geoffrion, Alexis Gilli and Nicolas Berthelot, plunges into the heart of this daily life, between hope and doubt…
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