Two Canadian health workers now helping emergency medical teams in Ukraine say they are witnessing the horrors and inhumanity of the Russian invasion first-hand.
“So many atrocities,” Ann, a former nurse with the Canadian military who asked that her last name not be used, told CTV News in a Zoom call from Kyiv. “We are seeing all kinds of horrendous things that no normal person should be seeing.”“Yesterday we met with a girl who was raped by Russians. Another lady, the Russians basically broke her arm,” Anne said, adding that the woman told them the soldiers simply wanted her cell phone.
It was seeing the human suffering from the comfort of their Canadian homes, that both said, that drew them here. Ann left her home in the Gaspe Region of Quebec 10 days ago. For Bulakhtina, working in Ukraine is even more complex. She was born in Russia and worked as an ICU doctor in Moscow. But she left over a decade ago to work in Hamilton as a Forensic Pathologist and as an assistant professor at McMaster University.“Ironically, my mom does not believe that there is war in ,” said Bulakhtina.
“Nobody has said anything derogatory or bad, though I was prepared ... because emotions are high now.”“I’ve never seen so much unity, so much mutual support,” said Bulakhtina.“That’s why I came here. And I’m absolutely certain Ukraine is going to be victorious.”“We’re not just sitting around and looking at the news and doing nothing," she said.
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