As the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, the daily lives of Ukrainians are still punctuated by sirens warning of air raids by the Russian army. This is particularly true in the small town of Nikopol on the front line in the southeast of the country.

Nikopol is a medium-sized town on the banks of the Dnieper with the particularity that the Russians are just opposite, on the other side of the river where they occupy the Zapporijjia nuclear power plant.