Shadow of the Reactor GA Tour leg 4

Leg 4 — UKKV → UKKM

Kyiv Antonov → Gostomel (Ukraine)

A short hop northwest—toward the edge of the Exclusion Zone.

The First Responders

Firefighters were among the first to arrive at the reactor.

They climbed onto the burning structure without protective gear, unaware they were stepping into lethal radiation.

Many would die within weeks.

As you approach Gostomel, you are nearing the boundary where those first sacrifices began.

Their story is not visible from the air.

But it defines everything that follows.