"We accepted that we were going to die": the military anaesthesiologist who volunteered to go to the besieged Azovstal steelworks

In the spring of 2022, Oleksandr Demchenko volunteered to fly to the Azovstal steelworks, then encircled by Russian forces, in Mariupol. He knew that it could be a one-way trip, but it was not up for discussion – as with many other decisions he's made along the way.

By Anastasiia Mosorko