The Last Prometheus of Donbas
Anton Shtuka
This is a story about heroic people who risk their lives to bring light to Ukrainians, like Prometheus. It follows the last operating power plant in eastern Ukraine, located only 10 km from the frontline, and the brave energy workers who continue their work under constant shelling until the facility is ultimately destroyed. The forced evacuation that follows evokes a historical parallel to 1941, when the plant was evacuated eastward away from Nazi Germany — only now, it is in the opposite direction, away from imperial Russia.
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Anton Shtuka
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Anton Shtuka is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Kyiv. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, he has documented stories from Ukraine for international media including The Guardian, Reuters, AP, Bloomberg and The Times.