From Wall Street to war: How a Big Apple banker traded her dream life in finance for the front lines of Ukraine’s bloody battle with Russia
NY Post
Viktoriia Honcharuk was living every young Manhattanite’s dream.
With a coveted role as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley, the 22-year-old boasted a stunning Midtown apartment, a devoted boyfriend, and dinner dates at the city’s hottest restaurants with her high-flying finance pals.
“It was a dream come true for me,” Honcharuk, now 25, told The Post. “The crazy, perfect life.”
But in December 2022, in the space of just two weeks, the analyst, who is a Ukrainian citizen, went from partying at the swanky members-only club Zero Bond to triaging patients on the front lines of her home country’s bloody war with Russia.
As an emergency combat nurse, Honcharuk has spent the past three years treating wounded soldiers who have lost legs, arms, and eyes in battle.
The former financier has come perilously close to being killed herself, having sustained multiple concussions, including one that occurred when Russian enemies dropped a glide bomb on an aid building that she was helping to evacuate.
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