Bloodied stretchers, ghastly shrapnel wounds and the silver bell that rings for new casualties. A gripping dispatch from Ukraine's frontline with the brave medics fighting to save lives: RICHARD PENDLEBURY and JAMIE WISEMAN

Unaided, the young soldier walks to the casualty station. What I can't see in this dusk, and what won't be discovered by a medic until later, is that a piece of the soldier's brain is hanging from his beard.

Mar 10, 2025 - 05:28
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Bloodied stretchers, ghastly shrapnel wounds and the silver bell that rings for new casualties. A gripping dispatch from Ukraine's frontline with the brave medics fighting to save lives: RICHARD PENDLEBURY and JAMIE WISEMAN
Unaided, the young soldier walks to the casualty station. What I can't see in this dusk, and what won't be discovered by a medic until later, is that a piece of the soldier's brain is hanging from his beard.