WP: Ukrainian medics have gone 20ft underground to save lives. Surface hospitals have become death traps due to systematic targeting.
Medics are hunted, yet continue their mission with quiet heroism. Here are their stories. 1/
Medics are hunted, yet continue their mission with quiet heroism. Here are their stories. 1/
One facility handles 200-400 patients daily without beds. "We stabilize, operate…you wake the patient up and send them out," says Capt. Oleksii.
Structure uses wood and metal barrels to avoid detection. 2/
Structure uses wood and metal barrels to avoid detection. 2/
Father-son surgeons Viacheslav and Andriy pull 48-hour shifts. Andriy, after his fifth amputation, admits: “It really got to me.”
Lt. Col. Palamarchuk says Russians deliberately target medics. The hospital survived blasts just 10–20 yards away that leveled nearby buildings. 3/
Lt. Col. Palamarchuk says Russians deliberately target medics. The hospital survived blasts just 10–20 yards away that leveled nearby buildings. 3/
Viacheslav admits he’s nearly out of strength, but staying means there’s still something left.
He dreams of returning home with his son to his wife, two daughters, elderly mother, and a house that needs care. 4/
He dreams of returning home with his son to his wife, two daughters, elderly mother, and a house that needs care. 4/
Since Trump took office, funding has tightened. One charity says buying advanced medical gear is now harder.
Paramedic Smolyar, 58, says the profession is thinning out: “One medic now does evacuations alone. It used to be two.” 5/
Paramedic Smolyar, 58, says the profession is thinning out: “One medic now does evacuations alone. It used to be two.” 5/
Operating nurse Chernokoz wants peace “but only on normal terms, not just surrender,” fearing war returns a year later. 6X
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