Medics: rescuing wounded soldiers on Ukraine's front line grows more dangerous due to FPV drones

Medics working at stabilization points along Ukraine's front line have spoken to Latvian Television about the emotional toll of their work, describing the grateful looks in wounded soldiers' eyes as something they will never forget.

The threat posed by drones

The medics explain that the widespread use of FPV drones on the battlefield has significantly changed the situation for the wounded. It has become much harder and more dangerous for injured soldiers to leave front-line positions and make their way to a stabilization point, where they can receive initial emergency care.

A longer, more dangerous journey

The route from the site of injury to medical assistance has also become longer, as drones make safe evacuation more difficult. As a result, soldiers who finally reach the stabilization point are often in a more severe condition than had typically been the case earlier in the war, since help reaches them later than before.

Medics working at these points, close to the front line, deal daily with severely wounded people and are forced to make quick decisions under conditions where both time and safety are constrained by the presence of drones.