Maria Mykytiuk: 'I stayed in Bucha to treat people and animals'

Maria Mykytiuk, a veterinary surgeon from Bucha, stayed in the city during the occupation, as she needed to help wild animals being treated in her clinic, as well as provide medical care to people.

Source: Photo supplied by Maria Mykytiuk

Source: Photo supplied by Maria Mykytiuk

Photographs from the streets of Bucha during the Russian occupation, courtesy of Mariia Mykytiuk Source: Photo supplied by M. Mykytiuk

In the mornings, the neighbours prepared tea on a fire for her Source: Photo supplied by M. Mykytiuk

An elderly gentleman whom Mariia was treating for pneumonia brought her wildflowers Source: Photo supplied by Maria Mykytiuk