Medics treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers inside a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Viktor, a surgeon in a frontline medical stabilisation point, poses for a picture inside the operation room where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Describing the feeling of being unable to save a life, Viktor, a gynaecologist before the war, said: "It's the worst thing you can imagine." REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Medics place a wounded Ukrainian soldier in an emergency vehicle to transport him to a hospital, outside a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A wounded Ukrainian soldier holds his belt in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Blood and mud marks the floor next to a pair of boots and the helmet of a wounded Ukrainian soldier, who is being treated in the operating room of a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics treat a wounded Ukrainian soldier in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Medics treat a wounded Ukrainian soldier in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

General surgeon Yuri assists a wounded Ukrainian soldier in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics place a wounded Ukrainian soldier on a table in the operation room of a frontline medical stabilisation point amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics are seen in a surveillance monitor as they bring patients inside the frontline medical stabilisation point where they treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Olha, a health instructor, poses for a picture in a frontline medical stabilisation point where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volodymyr, a general practitioner in a frontline medical stabilisation point, poses for a picture inside the operation room where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Yuri, a general surgeon, poses for a picture in a frontline medical stabilisation point where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ruslan, an intensive care surgeon in a frontline medical stabilisation point, poses for a picture inside the operation room where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics sit in front of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade's flag, which reads "Glory to Ukraine", at a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Both the medics and wounded soldiers at the stabilisation point are part of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, a division of the Ukrainian ground forces. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Drawings made by children hang on the walls inside a frontline medical stabilisation point where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Nearly a year into Russia's invasion, fighting now amounts to attritional duels of artillery and infantry assaults, with neither side making significant gains. The costs of that deadly grind are clear to the team of medics and nurses as it toils away, hemmed in by racks of medical supplies and portable heaters, at this stabilisation point in the Donetsk region where battles are fierce. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Viktor, who is a surgeon at a frontline medical stabilisation point, reacts inside the operation room where medics treat war wounds, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Describing the feeling of being unable to save a life, Viktor, a gynaecologist before the war, said: "It's the worst thing you can imagine." REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Medics carry a wounded Ukrainian soldier on a stretcher to transport him to a hospital, outside a frontline medical stabilisation point amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A wounded Ukrainian soldier enters an emergency vehicle before heading to a hospital, outside a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Evacuating soldiers from the frontline, via one of the team's five drivers, usually takes between 20 and 40 minutes, but the wounded sometimes find themselves waiting up to two hours if fighting doesn't let up. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Bloody stretchers are left outside a frontline medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Vuhledar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 19, 2023. Adrenaline helps keep the medical team going and enables them to cope with the almost constant flow of wounded soldiers, including some Russians who are later exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners. REUTERS/Marko Djurica SEARCH "DJURICA UKRAINE MEDICS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.