"Ukrainian Surgeons Witness Surge in Wounded Soldiers Amid Counteroffensive"
Surgeons at Mechnikov Hospital in eastern Ukraine are overwhelmed with a surge of wounded soldiers arriving from the front line, coinciding with Ukraine's major counteroffensive against Russian-controlled territories. The hospital, one of Ukraine's largest, is operating at maximum capacity, with 50 to 100 surgeries per night. The soldiers, with injuries ranging from shrapnel wounds to amputations, are treated in a macabre routine every night, as the hospital holds its own front line. The war has transformed Mechnikov Hospital, which now serves as a measurement of the intensity of the battles.