400. Human Safari in Kherson & Drone Interceptors at Chernobyl
About this episode
Boldi Gyori shares his experiences from the front lines of Ukraine, discussing the ongoing conflict, the situation in Chernobyl, and the use of drone technology in warfare.
In this special edition of Battleground Ukraine, Saul David and Patrick Bishop catch up with friend of the show - intrepid Hungarian war reporter Boldi Gyori, who has just returned from the front lines and the deeply scarred landscapes of Ukraine. Boldi paints a vivid, surreal, and at times dystopian picture of a conflict that has evolved into a "forever war" for those living through it. The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Today: Forty years after the nuclear catastrophe, Boldi explores a lush but heavily militarised zone where thousands of workers and soldiers monitor radiation and guard against a repeat of the 2022 Russian invasion. He shares a chilling look inside a Pripyat hospital basement where the clothing of the original first responders remains too radioactive to touch. The "Human Safari" of Kherson: A brutal look at a besieged city where Russian FPV drones explicitly target civilians on the street. Boldi details how locals use Telegram channels to duck from shadow to shadow, how a brave Hungarian volunteer smuggles in life-saving baby formula, and why thousands of citizens simply cannot afford to leave. The Tech Battleground: An inside look at the high-tech, 3D-printed…
Topics covered
- war reporting
- Ukraine conflict
- Chernobyl
- drone technology
- humanitarian efforts
- Kherson city
- Hungary politics
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