Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Jan-Philipp Scholz
00:52 Yevgen | Anesthetist
01:42 Matis | Combat Medic
02:16 Kasper | Unit Commander
02:50 Denys | Surgeon

Script:

It’s shortly after dark and things are getting busy at this medical stabilisation point. Three ambulances arrive within an hour. They bring soldiers injured on the frontline just a few kilometers east.

0:14
+++ SOT Wounded Soldier, Ukr.  +++
A drone targeted us, and we all started running. The drone injured my comrade’s leg, but at least everyone survived.

0:27
Yevgen, the doctor on duty, has barely slept in recent weeks. Every night, he receives dozens of soldiers at his small stabilization point - almost all have been hit by drones. 
They come at night hoping it’s a bit safer in the dark. But drones are making the crucial journey to this kind of help increasingly dangerous.
 
0:48
+++ SOT Yevgen, Anesthetist, Ukr. +++
There is a huge amount of surveillance drones that control the airspace nowadays. So, evacuations are becoming very difficult. During the Vietnam war it took just 40 minutes to bring a wounded soldier to a medical facility by helicopter. In this war, even 10 kilometers can become an impossible challenge, because no evacuation transport can get close anymore.

1:14
Attacks on medics are considered war crimes under international law. But these rules have long ceased to exist here, Yevgen says.

On the frontlines, soldiers train to be their own doctors. Many units now hold emergency training sessions every week. They know they may be stuck on the battlefield after an attack.

1:38
+++ SOT Matis, Combat Medic, Ukr. +++
For me, tactical medicine has become the most important training nowadays - even more important than actual combat training. And this is all due to the new drone war.

1:53
The soldiers show us a video they made of  a combat drone attack. Everything happens extremely quickly - there's no chance to escape.
Russia’s drones have become a nightmare for his unit, commander Kapser admits. But Ukraine can use the technology to help.

2:12
+++ SOT Kasper, Unit Commander, Ukr. +++
Recently, a drone dropped a bag of blood on the frontline and the wounded soldier was given a transfusion right in the trenches. This was an incredibly cool operation. 

2:30
Back at the stabilization point, another doctor is just starting his shift. Denys tells us of a patient who landed on his operating table just a few days ago - after bleeding heavily for hours.
 
2:44
+++ SOT Denys, Surgeon, Ukr. +++
We clamped his aorta, and we gave him a direct heart massage. We tried to reanimate him. But after an hour we had to give up.

2:58
The soldier might have survived, if he’d got to the stabilisation point faster, says Denys. Drones had delayed the transport, and probably claimed yet another Ukrainian life. 
 
END