Chernihiv doctor: 'I’ll stay in my hospital until the end'

Russia denies targeting civilians, but this Ukrainian doctor tells a different story

A colleague in Ukrainian have spoken to Oleg Revko, a doctor in the northern city of Chernihiv, which came under heavy fire from Russian troops, Qazet.az reports.

Russia denies targeting civilians, but this Ukrainian doctor tells a different story. He says both his hospital and another in the city have been shelled.

“Hospitals are attacked like everything else, they don’t care", Oleg says.

He spent the first few days of the invasion hiding in the basement of his house on the outskirts of the city, less than a kilometre from an airfield where severe fighting took place.

“The house is right in the Russian line of fire," Oleg says. "I spent four days hiding from the shelling with eight of my neighbours. We used a bucket for a toilet.”

He managed to get out of the basement during a lull in fighting, and made it to his hospital in the city centre. Then the attacks got worse.

“They bring the injured to our hospital. People who lost their arms and legs, people with their guts hanging out. It’s not a pretty sight.”

He says he's decided to stay in the hospital for as long as he can.

“I’ll be in the hospital till the end. It is my duty. I don’t know how long the city will hold up. But I’ll be here with my people.”