1977 Donetsk) is the founder and CEO of the Superhumans Trauma Centre in Lviv, Ukraine which has treated over 1,000 wounded amputees from the Russia-Ukraine confict in its first two years.
When the Russian invasion happened, she was abroad and for a few months she ran a humanitarian aid hub in Poland, before she returned to Ukraine to start a new project, the Superhumans Centre.
[2]For this, she raised funds to help set up the Superhumans Trauma Centre in Lviv - despite many saying she was crazy to do so during Russian missile attacks[2] - to help the wounded with prosthetic limbs and provide them with all the rehabilitation treatment they would need.
[1] The centre opened in April 2023 and is described as "a clinic for psychological assistance, prosthetics, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation for people affected by the war".
Rudnieva's philosophy that injuries can be empowering, has found many celebrity supporters including adventurer Bear Grylls, Richard Branson, singer Sting and actress Trudie Styler.