“Passiones/Passion” icons exhibition moves to Fastiv
After being displayed in Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral, the “Passiones/Passion” exhibition of icons by Kyivan artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko has moved to Kyiv Oblast’s city of Fastiv, where it was open today in the Exaltation of the Holy Cross church. During the Sunday service, Fr. Mykhaylo Romaniv, the dean of the Roman Catholic […]
- 01 May 2019
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PFVMH medics participate in evacuation of wounded near Donetsk
One of MedStar Medevac PFVMH teams participated in the evacuation of three Ukrainian soldiers wounded today in the front sector near Donetsk. The volunteer hospital’s coordinator of evacuation teams was also part of the life-saving operation, PFVMH Vice President in charge of liaison with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and law enforcement agencies Oleksandr Hahayev […]
- 27 April 2019
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PFVMH volunteers come to Lviv Hospital with Easter greetings for wounded defenders of Ukraine
Today, a group of PFVMH volunteers (Pasha Demyanov, Halyna Chernysh, Taras Svystun, Oleh Shyba, Stepan Kutsmyda, and Roman Kis) visited the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Western Region in Lviv to – traditionally now – congratulate the defenders of Ukraine treated there on Easter. According to Pasha, the volunteers brought “half-vanful of delicacies” for […]
- 16 April 2019
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Artist Oleksandr Klymenko: “I’m happy because I feel like a person who participates in the real transformation of death into life”
On Apr. 16, 2019, an exhibition of icons by Kyivan artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko, “Passiones/Passion,” was opened in Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral. The new series of Icons on Ammo Boxes as part of their joint initiative with the PFVMH, “Buy and Icon – Save a Life,” was painted in commemoration of those killed […]
- 21 March 2019
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PFVMH medic joins saving of injured Ukrainian serviceman
Doctor Vadym Kozlovsky of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital joined military medics in aiding a Ukrainian serviceman who was brought seriously burned yesterday night to a local hospital in Donetsk Oblast. According to Vadym, two defenders of Ukraine, pulled out of an armored vehicle in flames, were delivered to the hospital. He joined the […]
- 20 March 2019
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Maryinka again: one more Ukrainian warrior wounded
This morning, one more Ukrainian serviceman was hit by a Russian sniper’s bullet near Maryinka, Donetsk Oblast. The defender of Ukraine was evacuated by military medics and the volunteers of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital – emergency physician Ihor Pysarchuk and driver/paramedic Volodymyr Havryschenko. Ihor Pysarchuk reported that after receiving the radio call, the […]
- 13 March 2019
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“Born under a lucky star” – near Maryinka, military medics and a PFVMH doctor evacuated a wounded soldier
Today, on one of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s positions near Maryinka, Donetsk Oblast, an enemy sniper wounded a Ukrainian serviceman. The bullet missed the femoral artery by a few centimeters, as reported by a Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital doctor who was part of the military evacuation team that brought the wounded to the […]
- 07 March 2019
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“Negotiations with the enemy are out of the question at all!” – PFVMH medics preventively examined Ukrainian warriors
A group of Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital medics spent the end of February and the first days of March at the front, where they examined warriors of several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Volunteer Army – a total of about 500 examinations within six days. The preventive survey comprised […]
- 28 February 2019
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$15,000 for PFVMH operation already raised at Icons on Ammo Boxes exhibitions in US this year
About $15,000 has been received by the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital from the sale of Icons on Ammo Boxes during exhibitions in the United States this year, held under the “Buy and Icon – Save a Life” joint project of the PFVMH and artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko. The amount seems to be […]
- 15 February 2019
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Maryinka: one Ukrainian warrior killed, two wounded
This morning in Maryinka, Donetsk Oblast, three defenders of Ukraine were wounded by an anti-tank guided missile that hit a Ukrainian army vehicle. Sadly, the injury of one of the warriors turned out lethal. The two others were brought to a hospital by a medic of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. Ihor Pysarchuk, a […]
