He was determined to deliver his precious cargo: a human heart.
The child has been living with a heart disease for several years, but her condition deteriorated earlier this week and Todurov knew a new heart was her only chance.
It fired more than 400 drones and 18 missiles, including eight ballistic and six cruise missiles overnight into Thursday.
Thursday’s mass attack on Kyiv was just the latest in a deadly string of Russian assaults.
Todurov, the director of the Heart Institute, and his team worked non-stop throughout the two nights of attacks.
A video taken during the frantic drive shows a large fire burning near the road as Todurov drives on.
The Russian attack on the capital was still underway when Todurov got into the operating theater at the Heart Institute, heading a large medical team and transplanting the heart into the body of his patient. »