Since 24th February 2022 On February 22, I went to enlist in the territorial defence. On February 24, I spent the night away from home. On February 25, I received a machine gun. I never go anywhere without it, even to the toilet. So my life changed dramatically. I was a practicing psychotherapist a few ago, and now I am a rifleman of the 210th Vinnytsia Battalion. I feel confident because the people around me irradiate with some incredible strength, both physical and spiritual. Given my role and my abilities, I try to do my utmost to first restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine and then, of course, to preserve the unity of its people. And to make sure that my family and my friends may live without the air raid alerts. I want them to live without fearing that our neighbor may break into our homes at any moment and do anything with our loved ones. Time will tell. The war has proved that one cannot think too far ahead.
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Еsma ADZHIIEVA
Yesma Adzhieva, chair of the board at NGO “Alem” & Elnara Abdullaieva, PhD candidate in agriculture, dancer
Crimea
Roman DIAZHUK
Organic farmer, owner of the Danube Agrarian, Safiany village, Odesa Region
Odesa
Bohdan DELIUK
Doctor, General practitioner, Kalynivka district, Vinnytsia Region
Vinnytsia
Halyna DZHULAI
First deputy-mayor of Novoyavorivsk, Lviv Region
Lviv
Lina FYNIAK
Nurse-in-chief, Center for Primary Health Care, Veselynivska village administration, Mykolaiv region
Mykolaiv
Kateryna ILKIV
Farm of Two Katerynas, Tukhlia village, Lviv oblast
Lviv
Yurii KOTSULIVSKYI
Head of the Maternity Department at the Vinnytsia Rayon Hospital, Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Yurii KURYLKO
Yurii KURYLKO, Deputy director of the Health Protection Department in Poltava Region & Ivan SHUMEIKO, Chief therapist at the Central Regional Hospital in Poltava
Poltava
Viktoria MARCHENKO
Viktoria Marchenko, head of the Department of education of the Krasnosilska community, Odesa Region; Diana Karpenko, teacher; Vladyslav Rodenko, student
Odesa
Snizhana MATKOVSKA
Businesswoman, owner of the Relaks Café in Popasna, Luhansk region
Luhansk
Tetiana NALEZHYTA
Head of Department – intensive care unit for newborns at the Vinnytsia regional hospital, Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Mykola OVCHARENKO
Head of the Mental Health Center in the Luhansk Region, Rubizhne
Luhansk
Valentyna PANASIUK
Director of the milk collection point “Prushanka”, Kozyatyn district, Vinnytsia Region
Vinnytsia
Andrii PINCHUK
Priest, community leader in the Voloske village, Novooleksandrivska amalgamated community, Dnipropetrovska oblast
Dnipro
Oleksii RIABOKON
Mayor of the Obiednana Terytorialna Hromada (Amalgamated Territorial Community) of Pyriatyn, Poltava Region
Poltava
Liudmyla ROSTETSKA
Deputy director of the Cherkasy Higher Vocational School of Construction Technologies, Cherkasy
Cherkasy
Valerii SELISHCHEV
Head of the Upper Kalmius Water Filtration Plant at Voda Donbasa, Donetsk
Donetsk
Leonid TSENTYLO
Farmer, Head of the “Kolos” company, Pustovarivka, Kyiv Region
Kyiv
Alla VNUKOVA
Internally Displaced Person, Entrepreneur, head of company “Edelweiss”, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region
Donetsk
Yevhen YAROVYI
Former economist, head of his residential building’s “Association of Apartment Building Co-owners” (OSBB), Darnytsia district, Kyiv
Kyiv
Olha ZAIARNA
Masters’ graduate, “Conflict resolution and mediation” programme, Kyiv
Kyiv
Yuliia ZAIKA
Executive director of the League of Business and Professional Women of Ukraine, Chernihiv city
Chernihiv
Oleksii ZELIVIANSKYI
IT engineer, Coordinator for “E-services” at the E-Governance for Accountability and Participation (EGAP) Programme, Kyiv
Kyiv
Yuliia ZEMETSKA
Deputy director of the department of economics at the Bila Tserkva municipality, Kyiv Region
Kyiv
Tetiana ZIATIKOVA
Head of the department of infrastructure projects, energy efficiency and promotion at the municipality of Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr