Pregnant Lyudmilla Ignatenko watched in despair as the life of her husband, reduced to a “bloodied monster” by the Chernobyl blast, slowly ebbed away.
Her partner Vasily, 25, was one of the first firefighters on the scene after Reactor 4 exploded.
Mirror: True story behind Chornobyl firefighter’s death
The "Chernobyl" series depict the 1986 nuclear accident in Ukraine. The series is to premiere on May 6, 2019, on HBO.
