Only 21, but on Ukraine's front line 'to keep heroes alive'

BBC News ^ | Quentin Sommerville

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In southern Ukraine, the city of Kherson has been liberated, but in the east, close to the Russian border, fighting still rages and casualties mount. In a trauma centre under daily Russian shelling, a dedicated team of medics - many of whom volunteered for service at the start of the war - are saving lives. The BBC spent almost a week with them.

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Meanwhile on the russian side, mobiks are lucky if their girlfriend gave them some tampons to stuff into bullet holes, or if a russian medic will cauterize their wound with his cigarette butt before they are abandoned on the battlefield.

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Sure hope he was not caught up in this:

“#Ukraine suffers catastrophic losses in Pavlovka last night. 1400 casualties, 10 tanks, and aircraft.”
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