“Despair overcomes you.”
For more than a year, civilian doctors in Ukraine have been swapping their white coats for military fatigues, joining thousands of combat medics who are putting their lives on the line to treat an endless stream of casualties.
The New York Times spent a week in a frontline military hospital to capture the toll of the fighting.
Early intelligence reports suggest Sergei Surovikin, a top general, has been detained in Russia in the aftermath of a short-lived rebellion last weekend that challenged President Vladimir Putin's grip on power, U.S. officials said.
Explosions were reported on Friday in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk on Ukraine's southern coast, according to Russian state media. Ukraine's military is waging a counteroffensive to recapture territory from Russian forces in the region.