«Responding to emergency calls like the rocket attack on Kramatorsk railway station is not something you can forget.»
«Those were the days of hell. Bombs fell on our heads, and children died in our arms.»
«It is difficult and dangerous to move premature children to the shelter. Complications begin immediately.»
«Sirens are wailing, and the Ukrainian flag is flying outside the window, and... a newborn baby gives its first cry. Life goes on.»
«In these past five months, so much happened I could fill a book with these stories. We all gave our best.»
«You're on the road, resuscitating a patient with a heart attack, in the dark, passing roadblocks, and something is constantly buzzing, exploding, falling...»
«I arrived first and started triaging patients. All of Serhiivka was up in smoke, and people were frantically begging for help.»
«I was among medical personnel that evacuated people from Bucha, Irpin, and Borodyanka. You go there, see this destruction, and understand that we live in terrible times...»
«There were times when 18 patients would be in the waiting room, and I was the only nurse on call. It was my duty, and I did what I was supposed to do.»
«I saw tears in the eyes of the medics, their blood-soaked gowns, but all of us held it together. We knew we had to.»
«The mother was sobbing and covering her son's wounds with her fingers in the ambulance while we tried to save the boy»
«I've been working as a nurse for 38 years, but I still can't watch how children's hearts stop on the operating table»
«I was the only doctor for more than 70 children. Should I have just left them? I was not able to do it»
«Fortunately, everyone who was rescued by my team in the «Amstor» shopping center survived. They are all fine now»
«The future of my nephew depended on my decision. It is difficult»
«Thanks to civilians and brave doctors, the average hospital in Dimer withstood the occupation with dignity»
«For three weeks we lived in the bomb shelter of the maternity ward, because no one knew what would happen»
«What I saw from February 24 changed my whole life»
«The most difficult thing is when you arrive at the place of bomb shelling and there are children there»
«We have operated on severe wounds under the flashlights of mobile phones»
«Every day we see how lives are cut short by explosions in one moment»
«You hear the alarm, grab the child - and go to the basement. Patients were treated right there, under the bombardment»
«When the light goes out during a complex operation - a second equals infinity»