"I found myself trapped in the dugout corner, trembling like a frightened mouse," Olena told the Kyiv Independent. "Even as my comrades fell wounded, I begged someone else to bring them to me.""It felt as though I'd never regain my composure... When you’re in danger, you either fight or run. Yet, there I stood, paralyzed... powerless to act."Just before, Olena’s unit had come under heavy fire near the front-line town of Robotyne, in the midst of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023. The attack claimed the lives of several fellow soldiers and left others injured before Olena’s eyes.While never formally diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a devastating mental health condition particularly common among combatants, Olena believes that she was exhibiting its symptoms during that mission.Dmytro, call sign “Casper,” a 39-year-old Ukrainian soldier, recounts front-line stories in his room at a psychiatric hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct.