Oct 31, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
American filmmaker Zarina Zabrisky has lived and reported across the Dnipro River in Ukrainian-controlled Kherson for the past three years. She’s been speaking to FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee about the…
Zarina ZabriskyGuest
Gavin LeeHostYes, naturally, it was terrifying.
I was scared, not so much for myself, but for my brother and my husband.
And of course for myself too, because my husband and I were caught in a drone strike.
I was wounded and it's had lasting consequences.
I suffer whenever the weather turns bad.
Here there are no drones or artillery shells flying right into your courtyard.
Many times we were literally on a brink of death in Leshki.
Big, big craters in our vegetable garden.
Yes, naturally, it was terrifying.
I was scared, not so much for myself, but for my brother and my husband.
And of course for myself too, because my husband and I were caught in a drone strike.
I was wounded and it's had lasting consequences.
I suffer whenever the weather turns bad.
Here there are no drones or artillery shells flying right into your courtyard.
Many times we were literally on a brink of death in Leshki.
Big, big craters in our vegetable garden.
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