Yuliia Trofimova
Field communication officer in Ukraine

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My name is Yuliia Trofimova.

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I am a Communications Officer
with Médecins Sans Frontières.

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I've always liked being in
the centre of events since childhood.

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I decided maybe in the eighth grade,

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that I should become a journalist.

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At 9 a.m. on January 15,
we report from the place

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where a missile hit a residential building,

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the teams are still removing the rubble.

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The rescuers avoid using heavy equipment...

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And in 2022,
with the start of the full-scale invasion

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I had a feeling that every journalist

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turned into a war correspondent to some extent,

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because we were covering events in our city.

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And now in Médecins Sans Frontières,
I basically continue to be the person

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who listens to all these stories,

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because bearing witness is one of the most important goals
of our communication.

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I see how our doctors communicate
with patients on the frontline.

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I see our ambulances taking people
from the frontline areas hospital,

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transporting them to a safer place

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where they are provided with
medical treatment and specialised care.

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It is also very important to me

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that we work in places where
very few other volunteer organisations

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dare to go,

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because it's often dangerous,

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If there are people there,

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we have to help them,
we have to support them,

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they have to know that they are not alone.