“Soyka”: “Everything was calm at home, and here I get into hell”
Oksana Danylo (“Soyka,” which means “Jay” in Ukrainian), a 28-year-old nurse from Lviv Oblast, says she has dreamed of wearing a uniform for as long as she can remember. When Russia’s war against Ukraine escalated into a full-scale one, Oksana decided to mobilize immediately, but getting into the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned out to […]
- 15 March 2024
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On Ukrainian Volunteer Day, PFVMH receives high honors
On Ukrainian Volunteer Day, Mar. 14, the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital received congratulations and awards from the country’s and its Security and Defense Forces’ top brass. Greetings and awards to the mobile hospital and its volunteers were sent, particularly, by the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the […]
- 14 March 2024
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“Nobody is as motivated as volunteers,” says Serhiy “Travel” Lytvynchuk
In this must-see video, set against the backdrop of war, talking about himself is someone who usually talks about others. The one who is usually on the other side of the video camera attached to his body armor — unless his hands are captured in the frame while helping the wounded. Serhiy Lytvynchuk (“Travel”) says […]
- 11 March 2024
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The Guardian features PFVMH medics on frontline
On Monday, The Guardian published a story on Ukrainian medics on the frontline, a good deal of which is dedicated to the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital. The story’s title quotes one of the mobile hospital’s doctors: “Maybe I’m bonkers, but I have a calling.” It also includes a video shot by Serhiy Lytvynchuk, PFVMH’s […]
- 09 March 2024
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Anna Kolosovska: “We lack people here, and I wish there were more of us”
Intern-anesthesiologist Anna Kolosovska has a simple but quite logical pseudo, “Kolos,” which means “Spike” in Ukrainian. In civilian life, she also works as an ambulance paramedic. The 26-year-old Kyivan describes her path to the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital as long. After the full-scale invasion of the Moscow horde in February 2022, she wanted to […]
- 02 March 2024
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“To win, you need not only to destroy the enemy, but also survive” — Yan Chekmaryov
Tactical medicine instructor Yan Chekmaryov (pseudo “Khokhol”) belongs to the generation of people who grew up during Russia’s decade-long war against Ukraine. Yan apprehended the imminence of a “big war” and the necessity to be prepared for it long before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. So he joined the NGO “TakMed Kharkiv,” where he […]
- 26 February 2024
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ZDF’s report from Ukraine features PFVMH
The work of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital was a significant part of the report from Ukraine published last week by ZDF, a major German public-service television broadcaster. ZDF correspondent Katrin Eigendorf visited Kyiv and front-line locations, where she interviewed the PFVMH president, Gennady Druzenko, and volunteer medics, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian […]
- 25 February 2024
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British MPs visit PFVMH
On Saturday, the day marking the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Moscow horde into Ukraine, a delegation from the U.K. Parliament led by Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Jack Lopresti visited the PFVMH rear base. “We are sincerely grateful for the support of the British people and the British Parliament, and we hope […]
- 24 February 2024
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“Volunteers are the foundation of our future victory,” says Serhiy “Bormental” Borodavko
Serhiy Borodavko (pseudo “Bormental”) says that working at the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital reminds him of an anthill where everyone performs their function. Serhiy works as an orthopedic traumatologist at the First Children’s Hospital of Kyiv, one of Ukraine’s largest and oldest medical institutions for children. He says the war started for him in […]
- 17 February 2024
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PFVMH: Smart People, Smart Actions
Renowned journalist Dmytro Tuzov presents a new media project tentatively titled “PFVMH: It’s Possible!” “Smart people should take smart actions,” says Dmytro. “When this is combined, it creates added value to intelligent words… In this project, there will be people who have combined what they say with their own actions.” The first guests of the […]
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