Maryana joined PDMSh in 2022 and worked as part of a PDMSh resuscitation team, as well as at the stabilisation posts. 

Awarded with a “For Assistance to the Army” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief Awarded with a “For a Saved Life” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief Awarded with a "Badge of Honor” by Ukraine's Defence Ministry 

“Egoists.” We Laugh So That We Don't Cry...”  

First joined PDMSh back in 2017. After russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yaroslav worked as part of a resuscitation team near Bakhmut, where he had to treat a substantial number of seriously injured patients. 

Awarded with a "For Assistance to the Army" honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief 

Perfectionist “Babulya”: Everyone Has the Opportunity to Contribute to Our Victory  

Orthopedic traumatologist 

Serhiy has worked at PDMSh stabilisation posts since 2022, treating military and civilian patients at the front. - Awarded with a “For Assistance to the Army” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief Awarded with a “For a Saved Life” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief 

Serhiy (Bormenthal): “In Lyman, Our Hospital Distributed Humanitarian Aid. Locals Used to Come Here. One of Them Directed a Rocket at Us”

Nurse Anaesthetist “Khanna” learned about the PDMSh activities in 2016, when she first encountered us during tactical training. In 2023, she joined PDMSh missions, working at a stabilisation post and as part of a resuscitation team. 

Awarded with a “For Assistance to the Army” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief 

"Being Part of PDMSh is Enough to be Respected"

She joined PDMSh in 2022, working as part of resuscitation teams, as well as a stabilisation post - Awarded with a “For Assistance to the Army” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief Awarded with a “For a Saved Life” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces of the Commander-in-Chief 

Soyka: "My Goal Is to Save Lives"

Education

• International Scientific and Technical University, Kyiv: Bachelor of Law (with honors), 1999.
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: Master of Law (with honors), 2000.
• University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom): Master of European Law (with honors), 2008.

Research and Publications

• Fulbright Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.), 2009–2010.
• Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany), 2010.
• Author of approximately one hundred general and academic publications in Ukrainian, English, Russian, and Spanish.

Work Experience

• Secretary-Referent to His Holiness Patriarch Volodymyr (Romanyuk) of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, 1993–1995.
• Lecturer at the International Scientific and Technical University, Kyiv, 2000–2001.
• Deputy Director of the Center for European and Comparative Law at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, 2001–2004. Co-author of the National Program for the Adaptation of Ukrainian Legislation to EU Legislation (2004).
• Vice-President of the Institute of European Integration in Rzeszów, Poland, 2004–2010 (with breaks for studies).
• Head of the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration, 2010–2011 (for several months).
• Coordinator for Regional Development in the USAID project "Local Investments and National Competitiveness" (LINK), 2011–2012.
• Partner and Head of the European Law Practice at the law firm "Constructive Lawyers," 2013–2014.
• Government Commissioner for Ethno-National Policy, 2014–2015.

Public and Political Activities

• Co-author and chief editor of the Ukrainian translation of the EU founding treaties.
• Co-author of the "European Choice of Ukraine" course for schoolchildren, implemented in Kyiv schools.
• Member of the Expert Council of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine.
• Executive Director of the Association of Local Self-Government Bodies "The Gediminids' Way" and its namesake international project.
• Active participant in the Orange Revolution (2004) and the Revolution of Dignity (2013–2014).
• Co-founder of the Direct Action Movement "Dignity," 2013.
• Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, 2014.
• Co-founder, President, and Head of the Supervisory Board of the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital since 2014.

Family

• Wife: Svitlana.
• Children: Maksym (born 1993) and Taisiya (born 1999).

More about the life, activities, and views of the PDMSh Leader (in Ukrainian)

Co-founder of PDMSh Gennadiy Druzenko: "Patriotism is not just a vyshyvanka or sharovary; it’s a value for which you are willing to suffer." (A five-year-long interview)

Oleh joined PDMSh in 2022 to help soldiers recover after PCS and injuries and literally repaired their backs broken by wearing body armour and other heavy ammunition. 

Awarded with a “For Assistance to the Army” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Awarded with a “For a Saved Life” honorary badge by Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief 

Fixing a Warrior up at One Haul: a PDMSh Rehabilitologist on the Broken Backs, Spinal Injuries, and the Recovery of Defenders During the War

Yulia joined PDMSh in 2023 and worked at a stabilisation post 

A Fighter Must Know the Truth: a PDMSh Surgeon about Inevitable Amputations and the Day-to-Day inside the Operating Room