In a rural village close to the Ukrainian front line, a group of women are quietly in queue outside a purple and white ambulance, being seen by a doctor with his shaved head, painted in blue and yellow color of the Ukrainian flag.

For many of them, this is the first time since the war has seen a doctor over three years ago.

Since 2022, 53 -year -old Dr. Seri Bakhiev gave more than 1,000 gynecological examinations on women in front -line and occupied areas in his mobile clinic – named ‘Feminin Shuttle’ and is completed with a bright pink examination chair.

“This is a human -oriented mission. It is for those who need help, in places where there are no doctors or hospitals, and it is absolutely independent,” they say.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the war with Russia has placed a great stress on Ukraine’s healthcare system, with over 1,940 attacks on health facilities since the invasion, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) – this is the highest number in any humanitarian crisis – and with a significant increase in those attacks since December 2023.

When the war started, Dr. Bakshiv, who is a maternity specialist and gynecologist, initially spent his days in a bunker in Kiev, helping to save the children as the bombs fell up.

The idea for an on-road clinic came to him, he says, later the lack of facilities in the front row of medical volunteer missions was detected as medical centers and hospitals were completely destroyed.

“We went to Kharkiv and Chernihiv, which were very damaged, and the most difficult thing was not able to provide gynecological services because there were no equipment and tools, because everything was ruined,” they say.

Dr. Bakshiyev and his team will have to use anything available as an examination table including the old couch, which means they will have to kneel the floor to conduct the examinations.

Today, moving around the electric vehicle, it is clear that Dr. Bakshiyev is incredibly proud of its abilities: it has been excluded with everything they and their teams may need in these remote areas, including an ultrasound machine and medical equipment that are to complete minor surgery.

During the two-day mission, the team can demonstrate 80 colposcopies-where they examine the cervix and vulva for signs of cancer or pre-cancer tissue.

Work is important for people living in these remote areas.

Their trips to small rural villages occupied by Russians are often secretly performed. She and her team leave their examinations for a day or two before and before they detect.

The data provided by Ukraine’s Ministry of Public Health and BBC shows for ovarian and cervical cancer are reduced by 17% and 10% since 2020 respectively.

And when Dr. If doctors like Bakshiyev come to those areas to conduct exams, they are getting more than the average phenomenon of deadly tumors.

Medical Organization Dr. According to the Frida Ukraine for Bakshiyev volunteers, up to 4% of all women are examined.

Dr. Ullana Supron was Ukraine’s Health Minister from 2016 to 2019. He says that there is a concern about the “tick time bomb” of health results in the form of war.

“In the public health community, there is definitely a lot of concern that what is going to happen with the continuation of war,” she says.

“Not only in terms of physical health, but also mental health – because a constant stress, continuous psychological trauma.”

Dr. Supron says that the government has managed to rebuild or completely rebuild as 964 medical facilities damaged by Russia.

He said, “They are working closely with the WHO and trying to come up with a plan with other international organizations about how we can rebuild that health system before Russia’s invasion,” she says.

Despite the diagnosis of cancer in September 2024, Dr. Bakshiv continued the volunteer and provided treatment to women across the country.

“Apart from medical examination, you also listen to them because many patients have stories how Russians attacked their villages,” they say.

“So we are not just doctors, we are physicians for these patients.”