Sága zničenej sanitky Oksana  ^SK

The Saga of the Destroyed Ambulance Oksana
Guests: Dorota Vlnová, documentary filmmaker; Vladimír Šimíček, photographer; Fedor Blaščák, philosopher and activist

In November 2024, a group of women from Slovakia delivered vehicles collected as part of the Ambulances for Ukraine initiative to Ukrainian servicewomen. In January 2025, near Pokrovsk, one of these vehicles – the ambulance named Oksana – was struck by a Russian drone. The destroyed ambulance was brought back to Slovakia and is now being exhibited as a temporary memorial to the victims of war. It has already been vandalised several times.

The exhibition of the destroyed ambulance reflects the social conflict surrounding support for Ukraine. Just as there is a battle for the hearts and minds of people in Slovakia in Russia’s hybrid war, there is also a physical battle over the symbolic message of the Oksana ambulance as it appears in public squares across Slovak towns. The saga continues.