MOSCOW, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - The war in Ukraine has seen a change in peoples' attitudes, rousing sympathy in the hearts of senior officials and making even those who need help themselves share the last of their possessions, Elizaveta Glinka, head of the charity fund "Spravedlivaya Pomoshch", told RIA Novosti in an interview Thursday.
"The war has changed many people. Before, I would notice a person lying on the street, and no one would approach him to help. Today even those who I am ready to help myself - pensioners amongst others – come and say they are ready to share the last of their belongings," Elizaveta Glinka said.
"Before the fighting, I rarely took part in negotiations [with senior officials]. Now the negotiations are somewhat different," Glinka said, adding that she was surprised by the speed of the reaction of officials responding to her suggestion of evacuating wounded and sick children from southeastern Ukraine and promising to provide assistance.
Since the beginning of the special operation in southeastern Ukraine, Dr. Glinka has been involved in transporting children in need from the war zone to Russia. She has already been to the war zone 15 times, triggered by a desire to help the children there and forgetting about her own safety.
"When it comes to emotions, you don't think about that in a warzone. When a shell is approaching, you hide, and a minute later you forget about it, life goes on as normal," she shared.
Despite the heroic efforts of activists like Glinka, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine remains deplorable. Wounded adults and pensioners with serious illnesses are left in war-torn areas with no access to medication.
"No one gets used to sorrow," Dr. Glinka said. Right now at this sorrowful time of war the doctor believes "there are always those in need of help," and hopes that "humanity will become more humane."
In 1990 Elizaveta Glinka founded the first hospice in Kiev to help the sick and homeless. Her charity fund "Spravedlivaya Pomoshch" based in Moscow provides financial support to patients with terminal cancer.
