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War Tolls, Money Rolls: Ukrainian Hospitals Report 30% Surge in Seriously Injured Soldiers

© AP Photo / Kostiantyn LiberovA Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded comrade in the Kharkov region, Ukraine, on Sept. 12, 2022.
A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded comrade in the Kharkov region, Ukraine, on Sept. 12, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.01.2024
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A chief physician at a Dnepropetrovsk hospital acknowledges a 30% increase in severely injured Ukrainian soldiers, according to media reports.
In recent weeks, the number of severely injured soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) has increased by 30%, according to ABC News, citing the chief physician of the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnepropetrovsk.
"Dr. Sergei Ryzhenko revealed <...> that the Mechnikov Hospital in Dnepropetrovsk, located just a few hours from the conflict zone, receives between 40 and 100 seriously injured soldiers every day, with his team performing 50 to 100 surgical operations a day," the publication said.
© AP Photo / Evgeniy MaloletkaChief Doctor Sergei Ryzhenko speaks to a Oleh Halah, 22, Ukrainian soldier, injured by a tank near Lyman, at Mechnikov Hospital in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Friday, July 14, 2023.
Chief Doctor Sergei Ryzhenko speaks to a Oleh Halah, 22, Ukrainian soldier, injured by a tank near Lyman, at Mechnikov Hospital in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Friday, July 14, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.01.2024
Chief Doctor Sergei Ryzhenko speaks to a Oleh Halah, 22, Ukrainian soldier, injured by a tank near Lyman, at Mechnikov Hospital in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Friday, July 14, 2023.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the Kiev regime had lost no less than 215,000 soldiers over the past year.
In late December, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the General Staff had asked him to mobilize an additional half million people. A bill to this effect was promptly submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), proposing, among other things, to cancel deferments for the third group of disabled people. In addition, citizens who fail to report for military service may be added to the list of debtors.
Ukrainian soldiers sit in a pickup truck at their position on the frontline close to Bakhmut, - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.12.2023
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