"Scrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above."
"The stabilisation point treats 30-40 patients a day. Their conditions vary. Some have catastrophic leg injuries requiring amputations, or serious stomach wounds. Others can walk. Almost all are the victims of Russian first-person view (FPV) drones, which drop grenades with lethal accuracy. Ninety per cent of our cases are from FPVs. We see few bullet injuries. It's an age of drones and a different kind of war, the surgeon said."
An underground medical facility near Pokrovsk in Donetsk oblast operates six metres below ground, accessed by a sloping wooden tunnel hidden by scrub. The reception area and surgery unit are brightly lit and equipped with beds, cardiac monitors, ventilators, medical supplies, drugs and spare clothes. A staff room monitors Russian reconnaissance and kamikaze drone movements. The stabilisation point treats 30–40 patients daily with injuries ranging from walkable wounds to catastrophic leg and abdominal trauma requiring amputations. Approximately ninety percent of cases result from first-person view drones dropping grenades, producing few bullet injuries. The facility aims to protect medical personnel while treating front-line casualties.
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