Journalist Igor Tkachov shows how doctors saved seriously wounded during the offensive in Donetsk region – video

Ukrainian journalist Ihor Tkachov showed footage of doctors working on the front line. He filmed the historic events of June 2023 and noted that an unsuccessful counteroffensive took place at that time, which claimed many lives.

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“The doctors worked all night without a break, the wounded were transported non-stop, there were not enough tables, they were put on the floor, there were not enough doctors, everyone was working, none of the medics had seen such an influx,” Tkachov said in the video published on YouTube on Feb. 18.

The soldiers arrived in moderate and serious condition, with severed limbs and head injuries, unconscious.

“That night was hard, but it was not the only one, there were many such nights all over the country in different places,” the journalist said.

“Avdiivka, Kupyansk, Krynky, Bakhmut. This was Toretsk. No one has ever heard of that night, and no one knows about this offensive. It was unsuccessful; we failed to advance, and there were heavy losses. This day didn’t make the news. Defeats are not talked about, losses are not talked about, but this is war, and we should know the price that the sons of Ukraine pay, remember the price of freedom.”

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Tkachov’s video begins with a comment from Doctor Yuriy: “There is no romance here. This is perhaps the worst manifestation of humanity – war. And at the same time, the moment of defending your country and your loved ones is one of the vivid manifestations of a human, the brightest.”

The video shows how seriously wounded defenders are being brought into the rooms where military medics work, one by one. Some of them are unconscious, some are missing several limbs at once, and some have to have them amputated right on the spot.

“It’s really shocking, even after being there for more than a year, every time there are such bloody, heavy assaults, it still stuns me,” Yuriy said.

“No matter how long I’ve been working in this field, medicine seemed to have already gone through a lot, but every time it strikes me very deeply, it really is a very, very high price and we have to remember that.”

Another doctor named Bohdan notes that in a war with such a large state as Russia, losses are inevitable, but each of them is someone’s life and someone’s story, which is infinitely valuable.

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“This is a full-scale war that has been going on for 16 months,” says Bohdan.

“Our enemy is a great power, a serious army, so, unfortunately, there are losses. I don’t want to say that there is no war without losses, because every human life and destiny matters. The injuries are serious, injuries that lead to disability. These are young people.”

The video shows that the doctors are exhausted, but they continue to work, save, and stabilize the conditions of the military who recently defended their homeland at the expense of their own health.

“It’s just that we’re getting used to this and it seems so mundane and insignificant,” says Yuriy.

“The wounded are brought in, we provide assistance, and they move on. But in fact, we probably see even more, and experience more stress than some guys who are in the trenches. It is definitely scary and hard out there, but they do not see so many wounded, and we have a huge flow. When there are heavy assaults, and battles, up to 80 fighters pass by us in a day, and it is a constant flow. Pain, wounds, blood.”

The author of the shocking but truthful footage, Ihor Tkachov, calls on those who care to donate to the Come Back Alive fund, which will be used to purchase evacuation vehicles “so that the wounded can be transported to stabilization centers and have a chance for another life.”

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