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Medic in heels commands respect on Ukraine’s front lines

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, top right, gives a medical tactical training session to soldiers in a bomb shelter as air raid sirens go off, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, takes a photo of grain fields burning, on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, gives a medical tactical training session to paramedics and soldiers, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, left, films a paramedic as she tries out medical equipment on Voronkova's 32 year-old assistant Yevhen Veselov, at her base, on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, center, gives a medical tactical training session to paramedics and soldiers, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, left, speaks to soldiers as she delivers medical aid to a hospital, in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova applies make-up as she prepares to give a medical tactical training course to soldiers and paramedics, in her apartment in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, gives a medical tactical training session to paramedics and soldiers, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova speaks to soldiers as she delivers medical aid to a hospital, in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, left, delivers medical aid to a hospital, in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, center, delivers binoculars to a soldier as she tries it out, and medical aid to a paramedic, right, at their base, on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova puts on her high-heeled shoes as she prepares to give a medical tactical training course to soldiers and paramedics, in her apartment in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, right, gives a medical tactical training session to paramedics and soldiers, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, top right, gives a medical tactical training session to soldiers in a bomb shelter as air raid sirens go off, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Medic in heels commands respect on Ukraine’s front lines