“OHMATDYT. Hope”: stories of people who came to the aid of Ukraine's main children's hospital after the shelling 

This place is special to all Ukrainians. Here, children with even the most serious illnesses have hope for healing, and doctors perform miracles. Every year, more than 20000 children from all over the country are treated here.

On the 866th day of the full-scale invasion, missiles fired by Russia at the country's main specialised children's hospital destroyed more than just buildings. They hit hope. They hit children.

The collection of the Museum of Civilian Voices by the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation is dedicated to those who immediately responded to this Russian terrorist attack on Ohmatdyt.

These are first-hand stories about Kyiv residents who were nearby. And about those who came to Ohmatdyt to help in the first hours after the attack.

Today, a lot of efforts are being made to rebuild the buildings and restore the hospital. The future is here to stay.

Where and why the OHMATDYT doctor hides his bloodstained clothes? About fakes, his Crimea and rescued children
31.07.2024
Oleg Golubchenko
Where and why the OHMATDYT doctor hides his bloodstained clothes? About fakes, his Crimea and rescued children
How did grandpa Vova become a guardian angel for a little patient at Ohmatdyt? Unknown facts about the second victim of the attack on the childrens hospital
07.08.2024
Olena
How did grandpa Vova become a guardian angel for a little patient at Ohmatdyt? Unknown facts about the second victim of the attack on the children's hospital
The first feeling was horror that children could have died
18.07.2024
Volodymyr Zhovnir
"The first feeling was horror that children could have died"
After an explosion, there was no time for feelings, I needed to provide immediate assistance
17.07.2024
Vladyslav Kryadchenko
"After an explosion, there was no time for feelings, I needed to provide immediate assistance"
No one should ever forget this war
17.07.2024
Iryna Kibukevych
"No one should ever forget this war"
The Russians want to take away even the last hope that the children in this hospital were clinging to
16.07.2024
Oleksandr Baraboshko
"The Russians want to take away even the last hope that the children in this hospital were clinging to"
When I see my childs fear, I realise how much pain there was here in the hospital
17.07.2024
Natalia Peshekhonova
"When I see my child's fear, I realise how much pain there was here in the hospital"
I am delighted with our people who immediately rushed to help
17.07.2024
Maksym Shutenko
"I am delighted with our people who immediately rushed to help"
“Terrible things have become the norm for russians”
11.07.2024
Svitlana Sitko
“Terrible things have become the norm for russians”
“A lot of people came to help clear the rubble”
12.07.2024
Viktor Dembrovskyi
“A lot of people came to help clear the rubble”
I saw on TV how they were clearing the rubble. I took my shopping trolley and went
12.07.2024
Halyna Yehorova
"I saw on TV how they were clearing the rubble. I took my shopping trolley and went"
My first thought was that this was my last day of life
18.07.2024
Sofia Kalyta
"My first thought was that this was my last day of life"
My heart was aching, I wanted to cry, but I had to act, to help in some way
15.07.2024
Hanna Panasenko
"My heart was aching, I wanted to cry, but I had to act, to help in some way"
Such chaos: screams, people, children
12.07.2024
Viktoria Denysiuk
"Such chaos: screams, people, children"
A rocket attack on a hospital is an unacceptable thing
17.07.2024
Halyna Fedushka
"A rocket attack on a hospital is an unacceptable thing"
The most important thing was that the children were not harmed
17.07.2024
Larysa Nikonova
"The most important thing was that the children were not harmed"
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