Gordeeva
Alina "Zabava" Gordeeva: Before Maidan, Alina was a manager at a pharmaceutical factory in Kyiv. After the annexation of Crimea, she joined the Ukrainian National Self Defense (UNSD) where she was trained in tactical medicine and weaponry amongst other skills. The UNSD then deployed East near the Donetsk Airport, where Alina delivered volunteer-donated supplies to the frontline soldiers near Voldyane, transported sick and wounded soldiers from the frontline to hospitals, and worked as a medical instructor, training frontline soldiers the skills to treat and react to combat injuries. READ EXCERPT FROM ALINA'S STORY