“He wasn’t in agony because his right hand had been severed; he very calmly asked, “Will I live to see my Sofia?” When I asked him, “Who is Sophia?” he answered, “My little daughter. She is two years old.” Oleksandr...
Ukraine may soon open Europe’s first center for hemp therapy. The industrial variety of Cannabis sativa, the drug-less brother of marijuana, has been used as a traditional source of fiber in Ukraine for ages. Now it may become a...
The fifth Canadian medical mission began its work in Kyiv on 24 February 2016. It’s the largest since the initiative launched in 2014, involving 26 surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and a physical therapist, as well as 6 members of...
Natalia Khorunzha, a 45-year-old medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed as a result of shelling by Russian forces on Thursday, February 2, at the so-called “Svitlodarsk Bulge” near the Ukrainian-controlled town of...
Healthcare in Ukraine is a paradox. On the one hand, the country has produced world-famous surgeons like Mykola Amosov and is a destination to receive a medical education for students from Central and West Asia, China, and Africa. On the...
-I arrived on December 23, 2014, and I’ve been here since that day. I go home every 2-3 months. My family is very patriotic, so they understand me. They know that if their mother is on the front lines, the enemy will never get...
A fourth team of Canadian medical professionals will travel to Ukraine to conduct a Master Class for Ukrainian Military surgeons and to perform reconstructive surgeries on victims of violence from Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Eastern...
On January 30, CTV’s W5 featured the third medical mission by the Canada-Ukraine Foundation to Kyiv, Ukraine. The program highlighted the plight of Mykola Nyzhnkovskyi, an 11 year old boy from near Mariupol, in Eastern Ukraine. Mykolaand...
On 27 October 2015, doctors from the third Canadian medical mission to Ukraine made a reconstructive operation on Mykola, a young boy that was maimed in the war in Ukraine. The Canadian team of medical professionals worked together with...
A third team of Canadian medical professionals will travel to Ukraine to conduct a Master Class for Ukrainian Military surgeons and to perform reconstructive surgeries on victims of violence from Vladimir Putin’s invasion into Eastern...
Recently, British media reported that half of the Russian diaspora in the UK are informants of the special services (SVR, GRU, and even the FSB). This revelation was based on a misinterpretation of a report about the scale of Russian...
