We met with Andriy and Anton in late May 2022 while they were planning the next batch of humanitarian aid for Ukraine’s east and south. “The war has begun” Anton awoke at 5:30 a.m. on February 24th to a phone call from...
In addition to the Defenders of Azovstal, Russian forces captured the entire staff of the 555th Military Hospital – doctors, nurses, dozens of wounded civilians, drivers and transport personnel, as well as medics from units of the...
“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...
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...
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...
-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...
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....
In October 2022, a few weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses next to the Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. Over four days, the invaders loaded their vehicles with...
