When Russian tanks rolled into the rubble of his home town, Dmytro Herasymenko faced a dilemma.
Months of fighting had left Lyman without electricity. He could return to his job at the power grid to repair the lines and risk being viewed as a collaborator, or he could refuse and face the consequences.
The choice he made, and what happened to him as a result, has opened up a painful public debate in Ukraine that is set to grow in significance as the country strives to liberate more occupied territory in the coming weeks.
In May 2022, as Russian forces advanced on Lyman, a town in the Donetsk region, Herasymenko, 35, considered fleeing with his partner, Natalia. But he was afraid to leave his father
