Ukrainian Medic Stayed At The Front Line Until Her Seventh Month Of Pregnancy
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Alina -- who goes by the call sign "Military Lady" -- has been a combat medic with the Ukrainian Army since 2016. Just before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, she realized that she was pregnant with her fifth child. She decided to continue working, treating injured Ukrainian soldiers near the front line until she was seven months pregnant.