1/7 Today was the day we were heading to Ukraine from Krakow. Rudi had arranged for a car to pick us up. Unfortunately the driver Denis was a bit of …
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3/7 CMA Ukraine showed us around their warehouse and office and it was inspiring to see what they are doing. They have grown from a small group of Christian doctors …
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5/7 The train ride back to Lviv from Uzghorod was again beautiful with Transcarpathian scenery, villages, mountains, forests and farms. Most of the day was spent on the train. Becky …
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7/7 This morning I felt a bit sheepish having added an extra region to my air raid alert app on my phone after last night’s missile attack – which meant …
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9/7 Sunday in Odesa. Luba who coordinates the volunteer medical clinics into de-occupied areas invited me to church this morning. She doesn’t speak much English to organised a young lady …
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12/7 Another pre-sunrise start on a train for me, starting to get to know the route to the train station very well. I travelled to Ivano-Frankivsk with Yulia who is …
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15/7 A harrowing day at Hostomel. For those who don’t recognise that name- it’s the northern area of Kyiv not far from the Belarusian border where Russian troops invaded Ukraine …
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17/7A lovely Ukrainian doctor I had met last week in Odesa invited me to come and do some interviews in her home town of Bila Tserkva (literally ‘white churches’) with …
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18/7 Woke to the news that Russia conducted a massive missile and drone attack on Odesa last night. The city I’d just been the week before. Thankfully air defence worked …
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20/7Today was a heavier day as I interviewed two people for hours, both with intense experiences.David was a young neurosurgeon who works in Dnipro hospital, one of the receiving hospitals …