EU4RecoveryUNDP
Police

Zaporizhzhia

Police

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I took out a tourniquet, applied it, and recorded the time. After that, we immobilized his limbs and provided medical aid to the remaining people with injuries.

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We don't just provide assistance during missile attacks; we also respond in civilian conditions.

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No one thought things would unfold this way. That's why I urge everyone to learn first aid. It saves lives.

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Even after they've provided medical aid, paramedics stay on the scene, helping to clear the rubble and search for other people. They share this trait with the rescuers of the State Emergency Service: their unwavering desire to help those in trouble.

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We change scenes, heading now to a forensic laboratory, with the same kind of atmosphere seen in a detective series on TV. This is where we met with senior forensic specialist Vitaliy, who told us about DNA and how to analyze it. He also demonstrated the ANDE system, a technological marvel.

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I work at the Missing Persons Centre.

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An analysis of a person's DNA profile can improve and speed up the search for a missing person.

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The ANDE device helps us create the DNA profiles of a missing person’s relatives. With just five test tubes, a reagent cartridge, and microfluidic technology, you've got a DNA profile ready in less than two hours.

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If I feel emotions coming on, as a police officer, I have no right to show them. That's what we live with. We try to help people as best we can without focusing on our own worries.

Being able to listen and empathize while shielding others from your emotions is such a subtle but necessary professional skill that's needed here.

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This exhibition was created as part of the flagship “EU4Recovery – Empowering Communities in Ukraine” partnership between the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union, in collaboration with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine

Interview by Ksenia Tomchuk Photos by Ihor Ishchuk and Oleksandr Mahula Project implemented by the Vandog Agency

You know there are
people. You know you
have to help. So, you go.
That's all there is to it.
Illіa Borodavko, psychologist at the State
Emergency Service of Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia

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