00:00It's shortly after dark and things are getting busy at this medical stabilization point.
00:05Three ambulances arrive within an hour.
00:08They bring soldiers injured on the front line just a few kilometers east.
00:14A drone targeted us and we all started running.
00:19The drone injured my comrade's leg.
00:22But at least everyone survived.
00:23Jepke, the doctor on duty, has barely slept in recent weeks.
00:30Every night he receives dozens of soldiers at his small stabilization point.
00:35Almost all have been hit by drones.
00:38They come at night hoping it's a bit safer in the dark.
00:41But drones are making the crucial journey to this kind of help increasingly dangerous.
00:46There's a huge amount of surveillance drones that control the airspace nowadays,
00:55so evacuations are becoming very difficult.
00:58During the Vietnam War it took just 40 minutes to bring a wounded soldier to a medical facility by helicopter.
01:06In this war even 10 kilometers can become an impossible challenge
01:10because no evacuation transport can get close anymore.
01:13Attacks on medics are considered war crimes under international law,
01:19but these rules have long ceased to exist here, Jepke says.
01:23On the front lines, soldiers train to be their own doctors.
01:27Many units now hold emergency training sessions every week.
01:32They know they might be stuck on the battlefield after an attack.
01:36For me, tactical medicine has become the most important training nowadays,
01:45even more important than actual combat training.
01:49And this is all due to the new drone war.
01:53The soldiers show us a video they made of a combat drone attack.
01:57Everything happens extremely quickly.
01:59There is no chance to escape.
02:01Russia's drones have become a nightmare for his unit, Commander Kaspar admits.
02:08But Ukraine can use the technology to help.
02:16Recently a drone dropped a bag of blood on the front line,
02:20and the wounded soldier was given a transfusion right in the trenches.
02:24This was an incredibly cool operation.
02:26Back at the stabilization point, another doctor is just starting his shift.
02:34Dennis tells us of a patient who landed on his operating table just a few days ago,
02:40after bleeding heavily for hours.
02:46We clamped his aorta, and we gave him a direct heart massage.
02:50We tried to reanimate him, but after an hour we had to give up.
02:58The soldier might have survived if he'd got to the stabilization point faster, says Dennis.
03:04Drones had delayed the transport and probably claimed yet another Ukrainian life.
03:10Drones had delayed the transport of the government.
03:15The soldiers do not have to get into trouble, but after encouraging him to keep up.
03:18The soldiers are in control of the ministry and again,
03:19for the passengers of the family.
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