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- No, no need. - What? Of course there is a need.

Your blood pressure is 190 over 120.

You almost fainted when they brought you here.

When was that?

When? 10 minutes ago. You said it yourself.

It was long ago. I'm feeling much better.

Hey, driver. Stop the car.

I live not far from here.

What do you mean? We must bring you to the hospital.

Petrovych, why are you...

It's for you. For the ride.

Take it. Buy a dress.

Or better a ticket for the next train to Lviv.

Are you serious?

Well, little girl, let's go?

- What was that? - Another uniformed faker.

Say thank you that he didn’t ask us to give him a ride to the airport.

Why are you looking at me? I've seen that in the last shift.

Everyone escapes. Where are you going?

They say there will be a war.

A war?

American intelligence reports that Russia will attack us on February, 16.

16? It's in two days.

Soldiers, officials and police are banned

from taking a vacation and leaving the country.

And now they think at the precinct that this captain had a heart attack

or other serious problems, if an ambulance took him.

He'll be staying somewhere abroad for a week.

If nothing happens, he'll come back.

And he'll pay a hospital to get his paperwork.

But if it starts, and he won't come back?

He'll get fired.

He doesn't care. The thing is, he'll stay alive.

Petrovych, do you think the war will start?

I think we need to follow the rules.

What rules?

To equally share the bribes.

M-m. It smells delicious.

I'm glad that there were no tables available at our restaurant.

Because you're the best chef.

Who could've thought that on February 14 restaurants will be fully booked?

Nadia, please, don't start. Plus, your mom works the shift today.

We have the apartment all to ourselves. Aren't we lucky?

Lucky?

Wasn’t it your aunt Vira who made the schedule?

You know? I'm not that hungry.

The dinner can wait.

What's wrong?

Roma, is it true that the war may start in two days?

- Oh, God! This is crazy. What war? - And what about the American intelligence?

It's all about politics. Nadia, it’s the 21st century.

Conflicts are taken care of in a different way nowadays.

- Really? - Uh-huh, don’t worry.

Nadia, how much longer will I be asking you to take this picture away?

Roma, don't start.

I'm feeling so good now.

Plus, you know that Pasha is just...

He is just Pasha who was your neighbor and nothing more, right?

Right.

Why are you starting it again?

Because you're an adult. You have a boyfriend.

This Pasha lives in Slovakia.

Why should he be looking at me from this picture every time we...

Okay.

Okay.

Better now?

Better.

Listen, don’t you want to stay?

Mom won't be back till morning.

And she's used to...

I still have to pack. I have an early train to catch.

Oh. Sure. I forgot that you made us a present,

and are going to the Carpathians to celebrate Valentine's day alone.

Nadia, don't do this. I asked you to join me.

Dad would have given you money.

Roma, I don't want your father to pay for me!

Plus, who will let me leave work now?

This is not a problem.

Wait, what are you doing?

I'm calling my aunt. So she can let you go.

- Listen, don’t do it. - Why? She's still up.

Well, if I'm going to take a vacation now,

I'll be working through the summer.

But I like the sea way more than skiing.

Oh, sure. Portugal.

- Two of us and the ocean. - Yes.

Warm wind in your hair.

Heat. Palm trees.

Yes. This is only a dream.

Dreams have to come true.

It's my taxi.

I'll be going.

Bye.

The plan of the large-scale war

against Ukraine is on Putin's table right now.

This time, it's different.

American, European, and Ukrainian assessments

agree the large-scale war in Europe is being possible.

He is gathering his army in Belarus.

Most units are located in Brest and Homel Oblasts.

Units, equipped with Iskender missile systems,

and Su-25 aircrafts are concentrated in three areas

near the border of Belarus and Ukraine.

Ukraine is preparing for every possible scenario.

Territorial Defense forces are being deployed.

Defense weapons drills are being conducted.

Russia may start a full-scale invasion any day now,

and in any form.

Mom, what's that?

It's war, Nadia.

What are we going to do?

Hello, Roma. The war has started.

Listen to me carefully.

Where are you? Did you come back?

Gladly, I didn’t.

I bought you a train ticket to Lviv. It departs at 15:06.

I'll meet you here, and we'll go abroad together. You hear me?

- Yes. - Go pack.

- I have to go. My mom is calling. - Bye.

We are broadcasting live...

Eat.

Mom, I'm not sure if I can swallow anything at all.

Take a sip of tea, and you'll be able to.

How can I sit around and eat when there's war in the country?

You have to.

You'll need the energy.

Do you know when you'll have a chance to eat next time? I don’t either.

Where do you want to put it?

Excuse me, how many suitcases?

I'm telling you, they won't fit.

Roma wants me to go to Lviv. The train is at 3 p.m. And then abroad.

Go. Don’t even think about it.

- What about you? - I'm going to work.

I've already got a call, and I said yes.

The ambulance has to work.

Eat.

Do you hear me?

The people's republics of Donbas appealed for help.

Nadia, get it, I'm in the bathroom.

Nadyusha. Nadyusha.

Hello.

Please, take care of Monica.

Excuse me?

Hnatenkos gave me a place in their car.

But they won't take Monica.

They seem to have allergies.

I'm begging you. Take her.

Take care of her.

But I'm... If mom...

Thank you! Oh, God, if it wasn’t for you...

Sunshine, I'm coming back.

Listen to me, I promise.

Thank you, thank you.

Here's some money to buy her food. I'll transfer more later.

Feed her, and stroke her once in a while, please.

Okay.

Thank you.

May God keep you safe!

Well, hello, Monica.

Wow, what's that?

Aunt Ira asked to feed her.

Did she?

Well, we will, if she did.

It's far away from us. Don't be afraid.

My girl, I have to go.

I can't bear staying here alone for 8 hours waiting for my train.

I'll better go with you to the department.

Then go and get ready quickly.

They say that buses don't run.

Shall I feed you? Right?

Come on.

Yes, he heard an explosion.

I don't know what to expect.

- Oh, little girl! - Hello.

What are you doing here?

It's not your shift today.

It isn't yours either.

I can't stay home when this is happening.

And you're going somewhere, aren't you?

I have a train at 3 p.m.

I can't stay home either, so I want to wait here.

Hello. Yes, I'm at work. Where else would I be?

I'm fine. You?

How would I know what you do?

Let Andriy decide.

But don’t torture him with your advice. Okay?

Yeah, bye.

It was my wife.

She woke me up this morning. Eyes big,

panicking: "Get up! Let's go!"

Where would I go? Where would I go, tell me?

But she did. Her nephew took her.

They're at a gas station in Pisochyne, and don't know where to go next.

Andriy, poor thing.

Three women on his neck.

It's so strange, Petrovych.

We've been working together for a year, and I didn’t even know you have a wife.

A wife, a daughter, and a granddaughter.

My daughter and granddaughter live in Kyiv though.

Well, let's go, since you came.

Come on.

Good morning.

Zinaida, have you reached him?

The bastard is not answering. I'll try again.

Oh, the third of staff didn’t show up to work.

What's your prediction?

Am I with Zinaida today? Or with Dziubenko?

I don’t know, Petrovych.

Hello! Oleh! Finally!

Where the hell are you?

Did you forget about the shift change?

I'm not coming today. I'm leaving the city

to get my family to safety.

I see, you're driving family to safety, but what about my family?

What am I supposed to do?

Hello. Oleh!

So?

He hung up on me. Bastard.

My kids are alone at home.

Go home. I'll replace you.

- Really? - Yes.

Thank you so much. I'm off.

Damn you, little girl. Let's go.

I woke up to the sound of loud explosions. Windows rattled.

Well, where are we going?

Valentynivska, 45.

I know the address. What's the reason?

Woman, 50 years. Severe cardiac pain.

So strange. The war started,

but people still get the same diseases.

Petrovych, what is it?

Can you imagine? I've seen that policeman yesterday.

The captain who put the 500 note in our hands.

Well, you said that he'd escape abroad.

He spent a week in Poland,

and thought that it won't start.

There was no need to spend extra money.

So, he came back. Yesterday.

Good afternoon, ambulance.

Hello.

I'm so sorry not to have welcomed you.

I just can't get up.

- Do you live alone? - With my husband.

He went to the enlistment office.

So I've been worried sick.

Did your husband leave you in this state?

He thought I only pretend to be sick

to keep him home.

You tell me, what kind of soldier he'll be?

He's never held anything more dangerous...

than a shovel...

in his hands, ever...

I feel so bad.

It's okay, don’t worry.

Stop talking for a moment. Okay?

Your blood pressure is too low.

- Does it hurt bad? - Uh-huh.

What kind of pain is it? Do you feel pressure or burning?

Yes. It's burning. And I'm feeling pressure here.

Do you feel pressure in your chest?

- I am. - The pain between your shoulder blades?

It wouldn't be the first time.

- Are you feeling nauseous? - Uh-huh.

It's a good thing that...

I asked my husband...

Oh, cold... not to lock the door.

- Don’t talk, okay? - Uh-huh.

I'll give you some painkillers and then

we have to rush you to the hospital.

Is it necessary? I don’t want to go to the hospital.

I know, but you've had a heart attack. You really need to go to the hospital.

I'm scared.

Don't be. It's gonna be okay.

Tell me, any neighbors to help with a stretcher?

I don’t even know.

Maybe Kovalenko from the 20th apartment.

Hello. Help me, please.

Your neighbor from the 27th apartment is very sick.

She needs to be brought downstairs on a stretcher and into the ambulance,

and rushed to the hospital.

- Where is the stretcher? - Downstairs.

I'm gonna quickly take it...

Quickly? The 27th apartment is on the 5th floor.

To go upstairs, to go downstairs,

to carry the stretcher. I'm sorry, I'll pass.

Wait! It's your neighbor.

If we don't help her, she might die.

If we'll be wasting time, we might die.

I'm sorry, but my family matters more to me.

Come on, let's move.

Petrovych, I'm begging you. I know, you usually don't do this...

I'm not carrying the stretcher.

Pertovych! That woman may die!

The neighbors ran away, and you are sitting here with your principles!

It's not about principles! I have a bad back, you know!

The doctor forbids me to lift weights over three kilos. Or it'll crack and that's it.

I'm also gonna need a stretcher.

What am I going to do?

You should have asked for a nurse, preferably a male one.

How many times did I tell you?

Where is your stretcher?

Will you help?

If you won't be standing around wasting my time.

- Come on! - Okay.

- Thank you. - Why do you thank me?

You convinced your husband.

Till the end, I was hoping

that I'll be able to convince my mother to come with us.

So, you're going, and your mother stays here?

It's her choice.

But I thought for a moment, what if she was sick,

and no one agreed to help her?

So, may the good we did come back to her.

- Thank you very much. - Good luck.

Well, how are you? Fine?

The fighting is going on at about 4-5 kilometers

distance from the northern borer of Kharkiv.

Conscripts of the National guard of Ukraine,

18-years-old boys,

who haven't even learned yet how to fight,

struck 4 tanks of the Armed Forces

of the Russian Federation. This is a feat.

So, they are 4 kilometers away from Kharkiv?

We're screwed.

Don't panic. They still have to make it.

You've heard that 18-years-old boys are holding the lines.

Maks, be quiet. We are listening.

...19 more people are injured.

The authorities encourage people in Kharkiv to hide in bomb shelters.

According to the information from the city council,

the shelling of the city may start any minute.

Yes?

Little girl, haven't you forgotten anything?

What do you mean?

I knew it.

Who will talk to the boss?

We're gonna have a new call any minute. Will you carry the patient again?

No, I won't. Thanks for reminding me.

...with Kharkiv's mayor Ihor Terekh.

As of now, Mr. Mayor...

Mom, he didn't say anything about dad.

Let's call him, maybe?

Son, dad is busy now.

He'll call us, as soon as he can. Okay?

I wish it was sooner.

- Two teams. There's nothing I can do. - Vira...

I don't know, we'll see.

Got it.

What do you want?

Petrovych has a bad back. I really need a partner.

Where do I get you one?

Don't you see what's happening?

Half of the paramedics didn't come to work today.

But what do I do?

Do you understand that the next patient may die

while I'm looking for someone to help with the stretcher?

Calm down, Andriychenko, and take a seat.

I'll give you a female nurse.

And it's not because of your tantrum here.

I would prefer a male.

You're asking for too much.

You'll be working with the new one.

She came today because she wants to be of use.

She has graduated from a nursing school, but has no experience.

But neither you nor I have a choice right now.

Well, what's her name?

I'm not afraid.

We are at mom's new workplace. It's safe here.

Plus, I'm a man.

A man.

What happened?

Okay, my dear, I have to say bye for now. There's work to do.

Okay. May God keep you safe, my sunshine.

- Bye, dad. - May he keep you safe.

- Are you Olena? - Yes, it's me.

Nadia. We are going to work together.

Okay. Let's do it.

I am Dmytro. My dad is in Mariupol now. He's defending us.

I have to defend my mother here.

My sweet boy.

We got a call. Let's move.

Okay. Let's go.

But what about...

He can stay. I'll watch him.

Thank you. You can change.

I'm waiting in the car. Thank you.

Behave yourself. Be a nice boy. Listen to Yulia.

Come on. I'll show you something.

Here are our calls.

The green ones are the calls that just came in.

How did you wind up here?

I was scared to stay home alone with the kid.

I knew I had to do something.

So, I remembered about my diploma.

So, you have never worked on the ambulance, haven't you?

Nah. I got pregnant with Dmytryk in my senior year.

I graduated,

and gave birth two months later. An then I didn't...

Didn't you think about going somewhere?

- Where? - To a safe place.

We thought that Kharkiv was safe.

We are from Snizhne.

Is it in the Luhansk Oblast?

Donetsk. Very close to the border with Russia.

We came here in 2014, and bought an apartment.

We've got a loan.

I understand. It's hard to leave it.

We've left a house in Snizhne.

I loved it so much.

To escape again, and to start everything anew...

I just can't do it anymore.

Here!

Here, here!

Finally! Hurry up!

My son is feeling very bad.

We got a call for a 20 y.o. male whose surgery stitches came undone.

This is not true. He's injured.

Come on. Come on, quicker.

Let's go.

Please, come in. Come in.

Ihor. Ihor, do you hear me?

Ihor. His arm was injured by a piece of debris.

But he came home on his own.

When did it happen?

- Today in the morning. - Move away.

Do you have his ID?

- I do. - Give it to me.

Ihor. Just a minute.

- Chronic diseases? - None.

- Medicine allergies? - None.

It looks like a vein is pierced. He's lost a lot of blood.

Oh God. He walked from the border.

He dreamed of becoming a border guard,

and so he did.

There were only 10 guys on position.

Armed with machine guns only. And they were attacked by tanks...

Please, hold on.

They started shooting without a warning.

Oh my God.

He got to hide somewhere,

so he's only got his arm injured.

Do you hear me?

Can you sit up?

Help me get him seated.

Olena, give me gloves.

Careful. Careful.

Right. Come on.

Thank you. Thank you.

His ID.

He probably got to hide, and that's why he's got his arm injured.

And when the tanks passed by, he started running through the fields.

He escaped through the fields.

Oh my God.

Some good man gave him a ride.

But then he had to walk three kilometers.

Three kilometers.

Why didn't you call us immediately?

Or brought him to the hospital?

He forbade me.

He said, they'd think that he deserted.

So you decided to let him die?

Oh God...

- BP is 90 over 60. - Got it.

He needs an IV.

Hold it like this.

- Let me come. I'm begging you. - It will interfere with our work.

And they won't let you in the hospital anyway.

- Tell me at least what hospital is it? - The 6th.

- I must be with my son. I'm begging you. - Please.

Madam, we are wasting time here. Nadia.

He's gonna be okay, I promise.

Petrovych, let's go!

Do you promise?

You promised me.

You promised me.

Do you hear me?

Olena, get me some dopamine painkiller.

Okay.

His pulse is weak. BP must be dropping.

Damn, Olena, take my phone and tell them I'm busy.

"My Love" is calling.

- What time is it? - 3:23 p.m.

Damn. I'm late for my train anyway.

End the call.

Who are you?

I'm Nadia.

Don't worry. You're in the ambulance.

Dopamine doesn’t work. Petrovych, hurry.

- Why did we stop? - Block post.

What is happening? A person is dying in there!

I'm sorry. We got an order to check every vehicle.

- It's an ambulance. - Especially ambulances.

I need to look inside.

Don't you hear me?

Okay, as you wish.

Clear!

- You may proceed. - Thank you.

The enemy uses ambulances for their subversive groups.

You have to understand us. We are on the edge here too.

- Well, come on, come on! - That's it, Petrovych.

Stop, stop, stop!

Where do you think you're going? We're full.

Take him to another hospital.

We won't take him to another hospital. He's lost a lot of blood.

What can I do?

I've got an order not to let anyone in. The hospital is overcrowded.

Do you think you're cool? This guy was defending our country,

while you were sitting here! Do you hear me?

Hey! What's going on here?

They've brought another injured one.

I said that we can't take him in.

He won't survive another transit.

He must live. I promised.

Please.

Well, if you promised... We'll think of something.

Rush him to the OR. You, come with me. Paperwork's on you.

What happened to him?

- Shrapnel wound. Major blood loss. - What were you able to do?

Wound dressing, blood volume replenishment,

dopamine, pain relief.

Good job. Exactly what he needed, and nothing unnecessary.

Listen, come to work for us.

I won't say no to an intern like you.

Thank you. I'll think about it.

Yes, yes, sure, okay.

The border guard woke up and wants to see me.

Let's stop by, huh?

Hello, were you looking for me?

You're here? Was it you who saved my life?

The surgeon saved your life.

I only gave you the first aid.

No, I almost gave up.

And then, I opened my eyes and saw you.

And you said you're Nadia, as in "hope".

I clung to it, as if it really was my last hope.

I'm alive only thanks to you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Excuse me, please.

- Hello, Roma, I... - Where are you?

In the hospital.

Are you injured?

No, I'm at work.

At work, damn it? You should have been on the train!

What are you thinking?

Roma, I'm so sorry, but I couldn’t go.

Why not?

They need me here.