The working conditions are particularly trying: the sirens often howl in the center of Kiev, the besieged Ukrainian capital. While Dorothée Ollieric tells us about her daily life as a great reporter on a war terrain, a new alert is triggered. But this seasoned journalist who has been covering conflicts for 25 years will only go down to shelter when she feels that the danger is imminent.
While the risk increases as Russian troops tighten their grip on Kiev, Dorothée Ollieric has decided to stay in the capital, while other foreign journalists have preferred to leave. Not only “my instinct tells me to stay” but above all “it would never come to the idea of leaving before things started” she says.
Yes during the day he It is difficult to live in Kiev because very few grocery stores are still open. It is especially when night falls that the anxiety grows. In a city under curfew when a new alert is heard, Dorothée Ollieric always wonders if “it is this siren that announces THE night of hell”
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This episode was directed by Marion Gualandi.