乌克兰东部前线的战斗医务人员

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![](/media/202412//1733453524.6866875.png)Combat medics on the eastern front in Ukraine – in pictures

Combat medics Leonid and Ivan treat wounded soldiers Oleksandr and Misha in the back of the evacuation truck Photograph: JelleKrings

Photojournalist JelleKrings spends a day with a team of Ukrainian combat medics as they work a difficult shift that includes evacuating two injured soldiers from the Avdiivka frontline in Donbas for

emergency treatment

Photographs by JelleKrings

Main image: Combat medics Leonid and Ivan treat wounded soldiers Oleksandr and Misha in the back of the evacuation truck Photograph: JelleKrings

Fri 4 Aug 2023 08.05 BST Last modified on Fri 4 Aug 2023 09.42 BST Artem, a combat medic, near the Avdiivka frontline

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Volunteer paramedics Victoria Honcharuk, Andii Zabolotniykov, Oleksiy Zabolotnyi and US citizen Rob Winblad watch Netflix in the basement of a forward position near the Avdiivka frontline

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The paramedics pass time at the forward position while waiting for a call to evacuate wounded soldiers

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Volodymyr, the coordinator of a group of combat medics and paramedic volunteers

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Volodymyr receives supplies at the base near the Avdiivka frontline

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Volodymyr checks his phone

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Combat medics prepare for the evacuation of two wounded soldiers

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Oleksandr, who was wounded by shrapnel in his back and legs, is picked up by medics

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Medics evacuate Oleksandr from the frontline area near Avdiivka

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Oleksandr is treated by medics in the van

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A medic treats Oleksandr’s back on the way to a stabilisation point. He needs to sit upright during the 30-minute ride because the shrapnel

punctured his lung

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Combat medic Leonid treats Oleksandr

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An assortment of anaesthetics used by the combat medics to stabilise their patients

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Medics unload Oleksandr from the van and take him to an operation room at a stabilisation point, about 12 miles from the frontline

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Doctors and nurses prepare Oleksandr for an emergency operation to remove the shrapnel from his torso and legs

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The medicIvan administers an anaesthetic to Misha during evacuation from the frontline where the soldier was hit by shrapnel

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In another room of the stabilisation point, doctors remove shrapnel from Misha’s legs

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Doctors remove shrapnel from Misha’s legs

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Misha grimaces as doctors remove the shrapnel from his legs

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Drawings made by children in support of the medics

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Misha phones home after safely arriving at the stabilisation point

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Combat medicIvan cleans blood from the inside of the van

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Ivan prepares the van for the next evacuation at the frontline

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