NUKEMAILING follows three employees of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, revealing the human toll of Russia’s occupation: fear, illegal interrogations, and torture.
For IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, the perilous conditions under which staff are forced to work remain a grave concern. The film also carries a personal resonance for director Pavlo Cherepin, who first learned the word evacuation as a child in the aftermath of the Chornobyl disaster.
By weaving present-day testimonies with echoes of the past, the documentary reflects on a country that has never forgotten the world’s worst civilian nuclear accident—nor the promise it made in 1994, when Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees.
