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People from the frontline areas arrive at the transit centre for IDPs in Dnipropetrovsk region (eastern Ukraine). They usually spend a few days here before moving further west. The Médecins Sans Frontières mobile clinic comes here twice a week. Our doctors and nurses examine patients. They often have chronic illnesses, and some of them arrive with injuries from the hostilities. Our health promoters and psychologists also work with patients to identify their needs and provide psychological support.
An MSF staff member sees an elderly person at a transit centre in Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine, July 2025.

Working near the frontline of the war in Ukraine

An MSF staff member sees an elderly person at a transit centre in Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukraine, July 2025.
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For 11 years, medics and humanitarians have worked near the frontline of the war in Ukraine. Today, and since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are still operating near frontlines. In two documentaries following our colleagues, we show how humanitarians are working and living through the experiences of war.

Help from the frontline

Just a few kilometres away from the frontline, one of our medical teams is working on two-week rotations at a hospital in Kherson, in southern Ukraine. During their rotation, they do not leave the hospital building and sleep in the concrete basement. In the emergency room, they are often treating people who have gone too long without any care.

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Help from the frontline

Julien Dewarichet/MSF

Eyes and ears of MSF

Yuliia Trofimova is working as our communications officer in Ukraine, acting as our eyes and ears by documenting MSF responses to mass casualties and strikes, as well as collecting testimonies from people who have been affected by the war.

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Eyes and ears of MSF

Julien Dewarichet/MSF