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'I wanted to save lives.' How pregnant medic kept working on front line amid heavy combat
From The Kyiv Independent:
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."
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."
Read More: https://kyivindependent.com/how-pregnant-combat-medic-saved-lives-on-the-front-line/