S3E14: B2: At the grave of a friend “Every Ukrainian photographer dreams of taking the picture that will stop this war.”

Centropa Stories

narrated by

Edward Serotta

That is what Maks Levin said when he went off to cover the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014. Once the Russians invaded in February, 2022, Maks had but 17 days to live. He was embedded with Ukrainian fighting units and covered the war on the front. On 11 March, his drone went down near the Hostomel airport. Maks went to retrieve it. The Russians were already there.