19/ This is far from a typical situation, however. Russian army doctrine calls for each battalion to have a medical group comprising doctors, paramedics and orderlies, as well as special transport. Kravchenko says that none of this was the case in his unit:

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My more or less lightly wounded comrades and I managed to overcome several kilometers on our own under constant drops from ukrodrones towards the rear, not knowing how we would be able to receive medical assistance. Miraculously, no one was hurt.

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15/ Evacuating on foot is a very risky business, as the Ukrainians will pick off stretcher parties with drones and cluster bombs. Kravchenko was fortunate to avoid this:pic.twitter.com/9zusUUv1R2

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Evacuating on foot is a very risky business, as the Ukrainians will pick off stretcher parties with drones and cluster bombs. Kravchenko was fortunate to avoid this:

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14/ More Altai men complained in March that commanders in the Donetsk region "are afraid of losing equipment and are afraid of being attacked by shells." As a result, only the lightly wounded were being evacuated.https://t.co/08WjsymA2Y

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In March, more Altai men complained that commanders in the Donetsk region "are afraid of losing equipment and being attacked by shells." As a result, only the lightly wounded were being evacuated.

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9/ "A lot of our dead tried, without air or artillery support, to carry out those who were no longer wounded, but just bodies. Without this support, evacuation from the field is almost impossible."

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8/ "Therefore, the evacuation of our wounded is enormously difficult due to the constant shelling by enemy guns and his observation of our movements.

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5/ Andrei Kravchenko, a lieutenant who suffered multiple injuries in fighting at Pervomaiske in February 2023, says that his unit had to organise their own evacuations.

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Under enemy artillery fire or, if lucky, during a short break, the driver in the minivan very quickly drove up to the positions and picked up the wounded. In my case, evacuation wasn’t even provided for, since there was a 'meat assault'.

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The sister of a man from Irkutsk who was seriously wounded in March 2023 said that he was "lucky his colleague dragged him; they usually don’t do that. Usually, they are abandoned, and everyone is listed as missing in action—both the wounded and the dead."

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