Tatiana's face was destroyed when the village was bombed: "I was lucky to survive"

The then 18-year-old Tatiana was checking her phone when a Russian plane bombed her village.

She and her family survived but her home was destroyed and her face was cut open by shards of glass.

Free surgery for war victims

At first she isolated herself because she didn't want to be seen with the scars.

Then she met Andrii Vasilyev who got involved in an organization that offers free surgery to war victims.

He was a new surgeon when he met Tatiana.

- She was my first patient.

I looked at Tatiana and it was terrible.

Hear Tatiana's story and about her way forward in the video.