Yana 'Yara' Rykhlitska, a 29-year-old volunteer paramedic with the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Mechanised Brigade, was killed near Bakhmut when the ambulance she was in came under fire during evacuation of wounded.

A 29-year-old volunteer and paramedic with the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Mechanised Brigade, Yana 'Yara' Rykhlitska, has been killed near the city of Bakhmut. Yana died during the evacuation of the wounded – the ambulance she was moving in came under fire.

Yana used to work in an insurance company before the war. After the full-scale invasion began, she volunteered, helping civilians and the military. Then she voluntarily joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces and worked as a medic at the stabilisation centre in the city of Bakhmut.

Yana's friends and acquaintances say she did everything for the sake of victory, risked her life to help the wounded. At the front, she was called the 'Angel of the troops'.

Yana's parents refused to have a fundraising organised for themselves and urged everyone to donate to the needs of the Armed Forces in their daughter's memory.

A Ukrainian battalion reduced from 500 to 150 personnel over a three-month period in the Bakhmut area.

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