Ukraine's Viktoriia Honcharuk: From Wall Street banker to combat medic

Ukraine's Viktoriia Honcharuk: From Wall Street banker to combat medic Europe

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Issued on: 17/06/2026 - 15:44

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A Ukrainian woman who quit her job on Wall Street to return to Ukraine to work as a medic on the front line has told FRANCE 24 she simply couldn’t sit on the sidelines. Viktoriia Honcharuk was just starting her career when the war broke out. But she felt that if she had children in the future she wanted to be able to look them in the eyes and say she did everything possible to make sure they had a future. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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