Huge grey and green Cold War artifacts remind people of Ukraine’s Soviet past under overcast skies and a light layer of snow.
Launchers, transporters, and missiles serve as reminders of a time when Ukraine was crucial to the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program, which served as its last line of defense.
An enormous intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) peeks out from beneath a silo’s partially lifted concrete and steel top.
However, the missile is a moldy, broken imitation. The silo has been filled with debris for about 30 years.
The entire expansive base, which is close to the city of Pervomais’k in central Ukraine, has long since been transformed into a museum.
