During the occupation of the city of Bucha by Russian troops, local resident Vladimir was shot in the legs as soon as the man left his house on the street. This and other dramatic stories from the occupied city were told by local resident Irina to Elena Zhezhere for the article “How Bucha fought for life: the birth of Alice and the history of a field hospital at home”.

“In early March, I don’t remember the exact date, because then everything was already mixed up, Uncle Vova decided to go to the next house to visit relatives. Nobody even asked him anything, just silently the Russian soldiers shot him in both legs. And if it weren’t for the brave men from our house who took Uncle Vova from the road under bullets, I don’t know how his story would have ended,” says Irina.

She organized round-the-clock assistance for Vladimir, stopped the bleeding, treated the wounds, found painkillers and antibiotics..

And when the Russian military entered the house and said that they would take the man to the hospital in Gostomel, he categorically refused and said that he had his own doctor, whom he trusted.

On March 10, Vladimir managed to evacuate from Bucha.

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