{"id":320641,"date":"2026-02-25T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-ukrainian-banker-gave-up-her-dream-life-in-new-york-for-the-bloody-battlefields-of-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:01:33","slug":"how-a-ukrainian-banker-gave-up-her-dream-life-in-new-york-for-the-bloody-battlefields-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-ukrainian-banker-gave-up-her-dream-life-in-new-york-for-the-bloody-battlefields-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Ukrainian banker gave up her dream life in New York for the bloody battlefields of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R_86pKqXMvo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How a Ukrainian banker gave up her dream life in New York for the bloody battlefields of Ukraine\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_86pKqXMvo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Four years ago Viktoriia Honcharuk\u00a0was living her dream life as an investment banking analyst on Wall Street in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Then Russia invaded her homeland.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to Yalda Hakim about her decision to return to Ukraine and re-train as a medic.<\/p>\n<p>On the frontline Viktoriia treated both Ukrainian and Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-latest-vladimir-putin-has-started-wwiii-zelenskyy-says-on-cusp-of-war-anniversary-12541713<\/p>\n<p>#ukraine #russia #michaelclarke #ukrainewar #putin<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago Viktoriia Honcharuk\u00a0was living her dream life as an investment banking analyst on Wall Street in New York. 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Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-latest-vladimir-putin-has-started-wwiii-zelenskyy-says-on-cusp-of-war-anniversary-12541713 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":320642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[129289,149548,129329],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-320641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-four","tag-viktoriia","tag-years"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How a Ukrainian banker gave up her dream life in New York for the bloody battlefields of Ukraine | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch How a Ukrainian banker gave up her dream life in New York for the bloody battlefields of Ukraine for free, here on News ISC. 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