Volodymyr (59) is sitting next to a doctor from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and receiving treatment, because his blood pressure is high, it needs to be measured. He receives medicine. One of his fingers is frozen.
In Yampil, around 350 people live. During the Russian occupation of the area around 800 people lived in the village. When standing in Yampil the sound of artillery is very present. Yampil is 10 kilometers from the frontline in the war between Ukrainian forces and Russian forces.
The building where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are during their care, there is no electricity. No mobile signal. Here, people of Yampil receive humanitarian aid.
People in Yampil are often depressed by the war between Ukraine and Russia. According to Valeria, medical activities manager at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the elderly people in Yampil start very quickly to cry, if a conversation is about experienced traumas.