Oksana is from Myrnohrad. She was on shift in the mine when the tragedy happened. A missile strike hit the mine. Oksana’s arm was almost torn off, but she didn’t feel it right away. She first ran to the shelter and only there she saw a terrible injury. The nurse used a tourniquet to stop the blood. An ambulance took the woman to the local hospital, but there was already a waiting list for surgery. So she went further – to Pokrovsk. On the operating table, she begged the doctor to save her arm. And when she came to after anaesthesia, she saw that her arm was still with her!

She underwent a difficult treatment. And the shelling that had already reached Pokrovsk. She had to run to the corridor from the wards. Later, the hospital was evacuated, and Oksana had to look for a new place of treatment. She found one in Kremenchuh.