04/07/2026
She has seen war from a distance where most people would not handle a minute.
Yuliya “Cuba” is the head of the medical unit of the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 39th Marine Brigade. A woman who has spent years pulling people back from the edge of death.
Her story didn’t start in 2022. Yuliya has been on the frontlines since 2014. Since the beginning of ruzzia’s full-scale invasion, she has evacuated hundreds of wounded soldiers - often under fire, in conditions where every second decides whether someone lives or dies.
🎬 Her story became widely known through the documentary “Cuba & Alaska” - a film about two Ukrainian female paramedics working on the frontlines. It shows the brutality of war, and also the quiet, human side of it: exhaustion, dark humor, friendship, and the emotional weight they carry every day. The film gained international recognition for its raw honesty, and one striking fact - many scenes were filmed during real evacuations, without staging, capturing moments where life and death decisions were happening in real time.
Today, her work getting more and more dangerous than ever, because modern war is no longer just about bullets and artillery. It’s about drones. Constant surveillance. Instant strikes. As Yuliya says:
“Now it’s very hard to evacuate the wounded in time. Especially the critically injured. Drones are always above you - and they see everything. Evacuation vehicles become targets.”©️
🛡️That’s why jamming systems are life-saving tools. These systems create an invisible shield that disrupt enemy drones and give medics a window of time to reach the wounded and get out alive.
Last week White Stork supported Yuliya’s unit by providing the most tech-advanced jamming system - giving her team a real chance to save more lives under fire💔
Ukraine is still fighting every night and every day.
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