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Tetiana Ostashchenko, former Commander of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has resigned from military service due to health issues. She has also been removed from military records. Source: Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Defence to the request of Ukrainska Pravda Quote: "Following the order of the Defence Minister on 10 February 2024, Major General of the Medical Service Tetiana Ostashchenko was dismissed from military service due to health issues.

Doctors at a field hospital in Ukraine have removed an unknown type of submunition from the leg of a wounded Ukrainian defender. Source: Command of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook The submunition is the warhead of a cluster munition.

The limb was saved.

The medics at combat outposts provide basic trauma care, amid brutal conditions and a numbing routine.

To save lives, Ukrainian combat medics must stay alive. So, deep inside a position that soldiers call “the black forest” in eastern Ukraine, the medical corps of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade tries to remain hidden. The zero line — where Russian and Ukrainian forces are squared off in trench lines within sight of each other — is only a mile or two away. The iconic red cross painted on the side of the team’s armored vehicle offers little protection from enemy fire. In fact, soldiers say, it makes t