Learn more

In between rescue missions in eastern Ukraine, in the midst of heavy combat, Yuliia Romanenko got some elating news: she was expecting a child. But she did not even consider quitting her job as a combat medic with the 67th Mechanized Brigade, which was fighting near Bakhmut, the hottest front at the time. “I faced a dilemma: how to combine (pregnancy) with (military) service, with the desire and goal that brought me to the army,” Romanenko told the Kyiv Independent. “I joined the military with one aim — to save people. I did not want to stop.” Romanenko, 33, continued evacuating the wounded we…

cuu