Every day, our crews evacuate people with critical injuries from the frontline in Ukraine. These are often patients with massive blood loss, severe trauma or life-threatening conditions that need immediate care. After stabilisation at military medical points, our teams continue providing treatment throughout the journey to the hospital.
This work demands skills, trust and calm teamwork in moments when the situation around them can shift without warning. For this reason, our crews usually operate in three-person teams. Each team includes one driver and two medical workers who know one another’s habits, tempo and communication style. They learn to read each other without words. This close working relationship becomes essential when pressure is high and seconds matter.
Today, we would like to introduce one of these team members and share the stories behind the people who make this mission possible.
Inna Demyter
Anaesthesiologist and Team Leader with Steady Hands and a Steady Mind
Before the full-scale invasion, Inna worked for eight years as an anaesthesiologist. She treated critically injured patients and those with severe blood loss, so complex trauma care was already familiar territory. When the war escalated, she continued her hospital work while also volunteering at a military hospital that lacked anaesthesiologists. After some time, she joined MOAS.
She describes MOAS as a hospital department placed inside an ambulance. The difference is that everything happens on the move and in limited space. Her tasks include supporting breathing, maintaining blood pressure, monitoring vital signs and managing bleeding from surgical wounds during transport. She explains that she keeps a professional distance to remain steady. It is not a lack of emotion but the discipline required when a life depends on her actions.
Inna now leads her crew on one of the most intense directions of the front. She is known for her professionalism and calm under pressure. Her motivation is clear. She wants to increase the chances of survival for Ukrainians defending their country. One moment that stays with her happened on the way back from an evacuation when her team found a traffic accident with three injured men. They acted quickly and saved all three lives. The experience reminded her of how much a trained and ready team can make a difference.
She says the war changed her outlook. She has become more resilient and more reflective, but she keeps her focus on the future. She dreams of a peaceful Ukraine.
Andrii Pivniuk
Driver Whose Calm Focus Keeps the Team Moving
Before joining MOAS, Andrii worked in sales for an international company. His life was planned, structured and focused on personal goals. The war changed his priorities. He realised that serving others mattered more to him than climbing a career ladder, so he left the business world and joined the MOAS mission.
As the driver of an intensive care ambulance, he carries significant responsibility. He checks the vehicle, plans the route, coordinates with the medical crew and reacts instantly when conditions change. His steady focus and attention to detail keep both the patient and the medics safe. In critical situations his calm presence becomes a foundation for the entire team.
Andrii says the war has taught him what is truly valuable. It is not brand names or material success. It is the moments when a life is saved because the team reached a patient in time. He does not seek recognition, but he has become a reliable anchor for the crew.
Natalia Kapitsia
Paramedic with a Lifelong Commitment to Care
Natalia spent more than twenty years working in a paediatric intensive care and anaesthesiology department. She cared for the youngest and most vulnerable patients, and carried that same dedication into her work with MOAS. Today she serves in an evacuation crew where she brings a high level of clinical skill and a strong sense of compassion.
Her colleagues speak about her with great respect. They value her sincerity, kindness and calmness. She can find peripheral veins in patients with severe blood loss and does it with remarkable precision. She seems to understand the needs of her colleagues with a single look, making her a dependable part of a smooth and effective crew.
Natalia explains that the full scale war drastically changed her life. She could not stay aside while her country faced such suffering. Military medicine was new to her and the severity of combat injuries such as amputations, shrapnel trauma and massive bleeding was a shock at first. She says the pain of seeing so much suffering is real, but she remains focused because she knows why she is there. Caring deeply for every patient she transports, she strives to do everything possible to help each defender survive.
Three Paths That Meet at the Frontline
Natalia, Inna and Andrii come from different backgrounds, but they share the same purpose. They step into danger to bring people to safety. They trust one another completely, and that trust shapes every evacuation they carry out. Their work saves lives every day and shows the strength, courage and humanity that keep this mission moving forward.
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