7/ The wounded were collected at the end of the route by a vehicle that took them to a local field hospital, while the dead were identified by their dog tags. Frequently, the wounded died en route.

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8/ "If a drone flew in or a mortar attack started, we would simply scatter in different directions, abandoning the stretchers," Shirshin says. "And when it was all over, the one we were carrying was no longer there."pic.twitter.com/oH6fzytuqD

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8/ "If a drone flew in or a mortar attack started, we would simply scatter in different directions, abandoning the stretchers," Shirshin says. "And when it was all over, the one we were carrying was no longer there."

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6/ There was plenty of work for them to do. Ukrainian drone footage shows that in areas of the front line, dozens of bodies – both Ukrainian and Russian – lie unburied alongside frontline positions and routes. https://
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5/ The evacuators worked in two teams of six people. Every night they had to travel 5-6 km each way between the dugouts and the front line, with one stretcher between them. They made two trips per night for a total distance of 20-24 km, carrying bodies and injured men.

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4/ Evacuation teams recover the dead and wounded, but have to perform gruelling work at very high risk to themselves. In many areas of the front, constant drone attacks have made evacuation of the wounded nearly impossible. A serious or immobilising wound often means death.

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3/ Shirshin was sent for a week of 'training', consisting of firing two clips from an automatic rifle, before he was sent to the front. His commander decided he would be more of a danger with a weapon to his own side than to the enemy and assigned him to evacuation duty instead.

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2/ 34-year-old Anton Shirshin says he was forced by the Russian police to sign a military contract after he crashed his car and ended up with a 200,000 ruble ($2,500) debt which he couldn't pay off. Despite being rated unfit for service, he was told if he could walk he was fit.

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Baltic states issue statement backing Ukraine’s EU, NATO membership. The parliamentary foreign affairs committees of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania issued a joint statement on June 6, affirming their firm support for Ukraine both in its defense against Russia and in its

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