Their yellow ambulance is synonymous with deliverance for the inhabitants still stranded near the fronts where Ukrainian troops are fighting against the Russian army.
Taras is a doctor in France and of Ukrainian origin and he decided to leave Corsica, where he practiced when the war started in Ukraine, to become a volunteer doctor in the conflict zone.
Taras always teams up with Sergei, the driver.
That day, they go to look for trapped civilians in the town of Irpin on the outskirts of kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
Residents in distress are brought to safety.
But Tara and Sergei are often caught in crossfire, which prevents them from approaching.
They must take cover and wait, as Ukrainian forces attempt to push back Russian artillery positions.
Russian troops occasionally fire mortar rounds at the evacuation point, as Taras and Sergei try to get residents into the ambulance.
The violence of a shot makes Taras' vehicle tremble and he loses his balance.
The doctor struggles to enjoin the inhabitants of a house to take refuge in his ambulance: the din of three other detonations drowns out his voice.
They list the shards on their unarmored vehicle.
There were no injuries that day.
Tomorrow, Sergei and Taras will go to rescue other men, women and children from the ambulance.
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