Ukraine medics treat wounded soldiers near Bakhmut

(27 Feb 2023)

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++CLIENTS: EDIT CONTAINS SHOTS OF INJURED SOLDIERS BEING TREATED++

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Near Bakhmut, Ukraine - 26 February 2023
1. Various of Ukrainian military medics carrying wounded soldier to field hospital
HEADLINE: Ukraine medics treat wounded soldiers

2. Various of medics treating wounded soldier
ANNOTATION: The Russian invasion is taking a heavy toll on the city of Bakhmut.

3. Various of military medics cutting uniform off and treating wounded soldier
4. Medic taking grenade out of soldier's pocket and passing it to another medic
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Anatoliy, (one name given), Chief of the medical service: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT/INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++
"My medics work practically non-stop. Before the full-scale invasion we had 50-60 wounded in a nine-month rotation. Now sometimes we have more (than this) in one day. There is a lot of work, but they are the best. They save our fighters, they pull them back from the 'other side'."
6. Various of military medics preparing wounded soldier for evacuation, new injured soldiers arriving
7. Various of medics transporting wounded soldier to vehicle for evacuation
8. Various of medics helping newly-arrived wounded soldier out of car
9. Various of waiting room for soldiers with light injuries
10. Wounded soldier, Alexander (one name given) speaking with paramedic. UPSOUND (Ukrainian):
Soldier: "First I got shell-shocked then I got shot here (points at the leg). They pulled the bullet out. I came back and got shot in the head."
11. Close-up of medic
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Alexander, soldier:
"We stand up for our homeland. For our children. This is the source of our strength."
13. Various of medics treating badly wounded soldier
14. Mud on soldier's knees
15. Various of medics treating wounded soldier
16. Medic writing up report
17. Close-up of soldier's dog tags
18. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaliy ("Alpha"), soldier:
"It was a tank shell. They (Russians) tried to break through. But they failed. We had a group of seven people. Six remained. Now I'm wounded, they are five. Four of them are shell-shocked."
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitaliy ("Alpha"), soldier:
"Our 'Alpha' group withstood their positions."
20. Vitaliy smiling and winking at one of the doctors, pan to doctor smiling back; UPSOUND (Ukrainian) "He is winking at me."
21. Vitaliy lying back on surgery table
22. Military clothes and boots on floor
STORYLINE:
In a field hospital treating wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the battle in Bakhmut, battered, exhausted personnel are brought in on stretchers, laid out on gurneys as the medical team triages their injuries and sends them off for further treatment or back to the front to continue fighting.

Chief of the medical service, Anatoliy, says his team treats dozens of soldiers everyday and barely has time to eat.

"My medics work practically non-stop," he said.

"Before the full-scale invasion we had 50-60 wounded in a nine-month rotation, and now sometimes we have more (than this) in one day,” he added.

The fiercely contested city of Bakhmut has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance as defenders hold out against Russia's relentless shelling and heavy artillery aimed at securing Moscow’s stated aim of taking the whole of Donbas.

"First I got shell-shocked then I got shot here,” said one soldier, pointing out his leg to a paramedic as an Associated Press team visited the field hospital on Sunday.

“They pulled the bullet out. I came back and got shot in the head,” he added.








"It was a tank shell,” Alpha said.





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