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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Bakhmut

‘This is Europe’s war’: the foreign volunteer medics on Ukraine frontline

British medic Martin Wyness cleans an ambulance at a hospital in Bakhmut, Ukraine
British medic Martin Wyness cleans an ambulance at a hospital in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

It was the photo of a young girl, dying in a Mariupol hospital after Russian shelling, that made up Martin Wyness’ mind. He had to go and help in Ukraine.

Less than three months later, he was in an ambulance racing to save the life of another little girl gravely injured by a Russian attack, as more shells crashed down around them. They turned around and raced back the way they had came, looking for another route to safety and medical care for the eight-year-old, whose body was peppered with shrapnel.

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