In Kamianske, in the Donbass, the last Ukrainian checkpoint before the Russian hell: the story of the special envoy of Figaro

Special envoy to Kamianske and Zaporijjia

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The road that winds through the fields, over the Konka River, was for many Ukrainians a vacation route leading to Mariupol, Melitopol or other seaside towns. Today, it is no longer used only to go to hell.

There is a checkpoint where you have to stop longer than at the previous ones: it is the penultimate before the end of the “free” zone of Zaporizhia.

The whole south is occupied by the Russian army.

Artillery strikes thunder.

A column of vehicles is waiting: to pass, you need the green light from the soldiers, themselves informed of the safety of the passage by soldiers on positions closer to the fighting.

On the side, a disused gas station bears witness to a world that has been obsolete for three and a half months: large signs showing young women in bikinis boast of chalets by the river.

The wall of the station's small grocery store is covered with graffiti:

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