Maria Korovina I’m radiological-engineer from Kharkiv, Ukraine. I work at CNPE “Regional Oncology Center”. On February 24 Russian army attacked my city at 5 am. My apartment was at the borders of my city and I watched the burning suburb. The first night of the war caught me in fear, I was totally shocked. I never thought the war would happen. Then we were hoping that in wouldn`t last long and we stayed at basement with my toddler daughter and neighbors.  On continuation of war, I decided to leave Kharkiv when fighter aircrafts started bombing the city. It was so

Elizaveta Kulich I work at the Training and Research Center for Radiation Safety of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. I continued to stay in my native city Kyiv but left on March 04. It was possible to take my parents and my 1-year-old daughter from Ukraine. My husband initially stayed in Lviv then moved back to Kiev. When I moved from Kyiv to Lviv, the journey took us three days. There were a lot of traffic jams and block posts, strongly limited amount of fuel. This trip takes not more than 8 hours for 600 km in a peaceful

Sharing Experiences from Ukraine Dr. Oksana, Radiologist Hello from Ukraine! I am a radiologist from Ukraine working in Vinnystіa city which is in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia.  I got interested in webinars conducted by IOMP which were useful to me. As a radiologist, my first wish was to go to the front as a military medic and sign a contract in first days of the russian intrusion. But I was stopped by my small children and the conviction of the military that if I

Olga Nosyk [email protected] I am Nosyk Olga, a medical physicist. I work in Central laboratory of radiation safety and medical exposure dosimetry at the Grigorev Institute for Medical Radiology and Oncology, Kharkov, Ukraine.   Now I am working remotely. The situation in Ukraine because of war made me leave Ukraine with my son on 13 March. It took me one week from Kharkov (Ukraine) to Polish border with 4 transfers and ultimately I reached Krakow (Poland). My colleagues from Jenia Vassileva (IAEA Vienna) and  Ya. Pynda helped to get me to Vienna. I want to thank them for immensely. Initially my