Editor’s note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names of the soldiers introduced in the story, as they didn’t have a formal authorization to speak to the press. DONETSK OBLAST – Mykhailo arrived at a dugout less than an hour after it was hit by Russian drones.

The main reason for the absence of medical evacuation is simple and gruesome: The fighting is just too intense.

It can take a day or even two for soldiers to get in and out of the fiercest fighting spots – killing any hopes of medics coming to save the wounded.

Left alone at the positions, the soldiers often have to pull out their comrades on their own under heavy shelling, sometimes walking five to seven kilometers to the nearest evacuation points, where vehicles take them to makeshift hospitals.

When soldiers carry their wounded out, the group is easy to spot – and it immediately becomes easy prey to Russian first-person view (FPV) drones and artillery.

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  • eardon@lemmy.caEnglish
    116·
    7 months ago

    This isn’t propaganda. It’s reality.

    Ukraine cannot win without foreign troops on the ground. They never had the capability.

    • Goku@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      7 months ago

      I think this point was not to claim this article is propaganda, but rather that Russia and other dictatorships can continue to invade other countries with minor consequences because they can spin whatever narrative they need and sow division in the worlds political powers by spreading lies and mistruths on fringe news channels and social media.

      • eardon@lemmy.caEnglish
        44·
        7 months ago

        invade other countries with minor consequences because they cab spin whatever narrative they need and sow division

        Where have I seen this before…

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      61·
      7 months ago

      This article is not propaganda, yes. I am saying the previous two years of subversive efforts by Putin have successfully seized up the political war support machine that would have otherwise made Russia’s offensive a lost cause.