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๐‘ณ๐’†๐’” ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’…๐’–๐’” - ๐‘จ๐’•๐’๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’

At an undisclosed location in the Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian Mi-17 flies by as a BTR moves to a different position after conducting live fire training.

Its cannons were firing as a group of medics inside a makeshift casualty collection point begin prepping a casualty for evacuation. The combat medics are being trained by members of Atlas Aid, (@atlasglobalaid), a non-profit that has been providing aid, relief and training to Ukrainians since the Russian invasion in 2022.

Brodie from Analyze/Educate gets dressed in a casualty suit, preparing to be a casualty for training. The medics will be conducting CASEVAC drills in preparation for their upcoming rotation. The training here is paramount to perfecting their tradecraft.

A second BTR pulls up to the range, with light machine guns firing as the medics begin their drill, assessing the casualties on the ground while others observe and learn, after assessing wounds they quickly lift up the casualties and rush them to a nearby ambulance.

Although he is helped by his fellow soldiers in getting the casualty in, he will have to ride by himself and stabilize the casualties by himself.

Life at the zero line simply did not allow for the expenditure of multiple medics due to high casualty rates in the frontline areas and the overall need for medics at the zero line. Ukrainian medics here train for the worst case scenario.

The casualties return from their drive and rushed back into the CCP which now operates as a stabilization point, a Ukrainian Su-25 flying above the area, likely conducting a defensive aerial patrol, armor and small arms picking up again.

Although not coordinated at all, the overlapping live fire/medic training helps create a stressful and realistic environment for training. They perform well, and are also instructed well. In order for success you must have a good teacher and a good student, this group has both.

While standing there observing and documenting, air raid sirens began sounding in the distance, and was shortly followed by a light whooshing sound and upward streak in the distance, an interception of an inbound Russian missile.