SUMY REGION, UKRAINE -- A wounded Ukrainian soldier has just been carried in to a medical stabilization point close to the front line in Ukraine's northern Sumy region. A piece of shrapnel is lodged in his leg.
"What time did they put the tourniquet on?" asks one medic. Another looks down, "It says they put it on at 7:10 p.m., I think."
This is the cramped, dimly lit stabilization point of Ukraine's 117th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade. Military medics work here to patch up Ukrainian soldiers fighting off Russian troops who have intensified their cross-border offensive.
"Please save his leg," a voice pleads.
Operating just a few kilometers from the fighting, the medical personnel provide critical emergency care before patients are evacuated to hospitals further from the front.
This unit, like many on Ukraines front lines, has taken over abandoned buildings and makeshift shelters and adapted them into emergency care hubs.
Recently, there have been a lot of moderately and severely wounded. Mostly from mines, shelling, and FPV (first-person-view) drone strikes, said one medic named Ihor.
