What One Colorado Native Gained—and Lost—While Serving as a Paramedic in Ukraine

December 4, 2025 Ukraine No Comments

In war-ravaged Ukraine, Courtney Pollock found purpose—and a partner to share it with. Three-and-a-half years since her first visit, what’s left is more complicated.

As artillery echoed through the bitter winter air of eastern Ukraine, Courtney Pollock fought for sleep on a stretcher inside her ambulance, parked on the last passable road before the front. It was December 2022, and Pollock was on her second trip to the war-torn country…

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