Military Women at Ukrainian Front Line
In the east of Ukraine, women defend the country on equal terms with men. This lady has spent a year in Avdiivka and has no intention to leave any time soon
After graduating from Zaporizhzhia Medical University, her future was obvious. She decided to go the front line.
“I graduated from university in 2015. It was a deliberate choice,” Yemelianova said.
Yemelianova does not regret her decision. She said there is no place for fear. Every day she has to save and evacuate the wounded, risking her own life in the process.
“Each wound can be severe in its own way, it’s always different. Therefore, every time you live through it all over again. The first wound is stress. The second is stress again because you worry about the guys,” Yemelianova said.
In the battalion, Yemelianova is one of the guys. The soldiers are sure there are no situations with which she can’t cope.
“She took part in things that other girls of her age are not just afraid to think about, they are afraid to watch them on TV. She doesn’t necessarily face it every day, but she has to deal with injured soldiers with open wounds,” fellow soldier Andriy Marchuk said.
“She is a very experienced paramedic, and I never saw her hands trembling,” a soldier with the call sign “Dym” said.
Yuliia Rymarenko serves with Yemelianova in the same division. She is a signal operator. During a combat mission, she hurt her back. Yemelianova got her back on her feet in a matter of days.
“Hanna saved and revived me! She helped me fall back into line without even going to the hospital,” Rymarenko said.
The soldiers say that everyone is equal in war regardless of gender, but they still try to protect the women. They call military women the dependable support of the battalion.
Source: Uatv