Video shows an award-winning humanitarian's work in Ukraine - including helping wounded kids and training medics inside bunkers.<br /><br />Professor Mark Hannaford co-founded Medics4Ukraine in 2022 alongside paramedic Luca Alfatti.<br /><br />He has now released video of his work there - training medics and providing aid.<br /><br />Mark, of Beer, Devon, and his team delivers medical aid, as well as providing training in medical trauma to front-line soldiers and medical professionals.<br /><br />Pictures taken throughout Mark's time in Ukraine show him visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals, training medics inside underground bunkers to avoid attack, and teaching CPR to those on the frontlines.<br /><br />Others show members of the organisation assisting wounded children, handing out medical supplies, and travelling cities in ambulances while wearing bulletproof vests.<br /><br />Mark has now been awarded a medal by the head of military commission in Lviv for his efforts to support and train local medical professionals in the country.<br /><br />Medics4Ukraine has so far provided over £3m of medical aid, and trained over 800 medical professionals.<br /><br />"It was a visceral reaction, really, to the unfairness," Mark said, describing the motivation to create the organisation.<br /><br />"We've been used to peace in Europe and development and prosperity for so long. <br /><br />"To have an aggressive invasion like this, which really changes the whole face of Europe, just seemed to be completely unreasonable and unfair - the amount of death, and the millions of refugees they're creating.<br /><br />"We deliver trauma supplies to hospitals, units, and to clinics, but we also train large groups of people in Ukraine. <br /><br />"Then we take suppliers with us for that training so that the students walk away with trauma suppliers and first aid kits and stuff like that.<br /><br />"We originally thought we'd be going for six months, and our aim was to raise £100,000 - but two and a half years later, we're on about £3.4 million.<br /><br />"We've trained around 900 people with programmes that are looking to train even bigger numbers.''<br /><br />Mark described scenes at a maternity hospital attacked by Russian forces, and the resilience of the Ukrainian medics and teams supporting them.
