Yaroslav Borysenko, a doctor from Sumy Oblast, speaks about peacetime and wartime emergency care
From the first days of Russia’s full-scale offensive, doctor Yaroslav Borysenko provided care in occupied Boromli and later in Bakhmut. In August, he was part of PFVMH. “We went to Bakhmut, picked up the wounded and transported them,” says Yaroslav. “The front line was several kilometers away, the city was under fire. Of course, it’s […]
- 29 September 2022
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Liberating Balakleya. The beginning
An offensive is something you have to pay for. And pay dearly. Preparing for the offensive on the Kharkiv axis were both defenders of Ukraine and medics – those who saved the lives of our soldiers. The PFVMH team started preparing a stabilization point the night before the offensive. And then it began… How did […]
- 26 September 2022
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PFVMH medics from Canada and the U.K. save lives in a Ukrainian village – The Guardian
Elena Bulakhtina, a PFVMH volunteer doctor from Canada, was on the way back to her medical clinic when a cluster bomb screamed across the sky, according to a story published yesterday in The Guardian. There was a bang, then two seconds later a series of detonations, as deadly shrapnel whizzed through the air. Bulakhtina flung […]
- 18 September 2022
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PFVMH “has gone to Husarivka.” Good luck, whatever that means!
A few days ago, a Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital team entered the just-liberated village of Nova Husarivka in Kharkiv Oblast to set up a stabilization point in the local high school. “There, we were met by the russian world ‘in all its glory.’” says Tavel, a member of the PFVMH stabilization & evacuation team, […]
- 14 September 2022
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Olha Simonova, the warrior who lived up to her choices
Three days ago, 34-year-old Olha shared her impressions on Facebook of a two-month experience driving on the frontline. Two days ago, she shared a post about a fallen hero. And yesterday, she joined the pantheon of departed Ukrainian heroes, having died while fighting for Ukraine somewhere in its Wild Fields. Sergeant Olha Simonova, infantry fighting […]
- 11 September 2022
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You have to pay for an offensive. There are many wounded – Gennady Druzenko
Shortly before the liberation of Balakliya, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital deployed a large stabilization point in the area of this city in the Kharkiv Oblast. According to the hospital leader, Gennady Druzenko, PFVMH knew about the attack and advanced from the place of permanent deployment. The point was set up in a half-ruined […]
- 24 August 2022
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What Ukraine are we fighting for?
Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine. By now, Ukrainians have already shown that freedom and independence are the things without which the existence of our people is impossible. There can be no compromises or concessions here. For these values, our defenders are ready to give the most precious thing they have – their lives. […]
- 11 August 2022
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Die Welt: Bitter everyday life in a front hospital
A report on the Die Welt news channel on PFVMH’s joint work together with military medics and Hospitaliers.
- 09 August 2022
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What does care for the wounded at the front look like? An amazing story and an important message: “When they managed to divide us, we used to end up in Siberia”
“Thank you, Polish brothers and sisters, for standing shoulder to shoulder with us and defending our and your freedom,” said Gennadiy Druzenko, founder and leader of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, who in an interview with wPolsce.pl TV reporter Jakub Maciejewski talked about how he and his people save the wounded at the front. […]
- 07 August 2022
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The war has become a challenge for volunteer medics
In an interview with the Polish Radio Ukrainian Service, PFVMH leader Gennady Druzenko admitted that “sometimes, the experienced doctors of the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital for the first time see such severe injuries” during this war. “We have to learn to live in a state of war. Like Israel has been living for decades. We […]
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“Buddha” in Bakhmut — Danylo Safronov- 13.04.2024
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