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A medic helps an injured soldier into an evacuation ambulance in the Donbas region. Getty
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Barry Haynes and his colleagues have trained thousands of people in Ukraine in emergency medical care. Photo: Stephen Starr
Task Force Yankee Ukraine, is a team of medical volunteers, many with past military experience, that has set out to train and assist Ukrainian security forces and others. Photo: Stephen Starr
The scene after a shell struck a house next to a building Mr Haynes and others were staying in in Bakhmut late last year. Photo: Barry Haynes
Mr Haynes with colleagues in Ukraine. Photo: Barry Haynes
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Former US Marine Pete Reed, seen here offering medical aid in Iraq in 2016, was killed in the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on February 3, 2023. AFP
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British volunteer Andrew Bagshaw, who along with Christopher Parry, was killed while attempting a 'humanitarian evacuation' in Ukraine. PA
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Paramedics transfer a Ukrainian soldier wounded at the Bakhmut front line to a field hospital. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier is taken to a field hospital. EPA
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A worker checks donated medical supplies stored at a warehouse in Kyiv. Bloomberg
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A medic helps an injured soldier into an evacuation ambulance in the Donbas region. Getty
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Barry Haynes and his colleagues have trained thousands of people in Ukraine in emergency medical care. Photo: Stephen Starr
Task Force Yankee Ukraine, is a team of medical volunteers, many with past military experience, that has set out to train and assist Ukrainian security forces and others. Photo: Stephen Starr
The scene after a shell struck a house next to a building Mr Haynes and others were staying in in Bakhmut late last year. Photo: Barry Haynes
Mr Haynes with colleagues in Ukraine. Photo: Barry Haynes
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Former US Marine Pete Reed, seen here offering medical aid in Iraq in 2016, was killed in the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on February 3, 2023. AFP
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British volunteer Andrew Bagshaw, who along with Christopher Parry, was killed while attempting a 'humanitarian evacuation' in Ukraine. PA
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Paramedics transfer a Ukrainian soldier wounded at the Bakhmut front line to a field hospital. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier is taken to a field hospital. EPA
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A worker checks donated medical supplies stored at a warehouse in Kyiv. Bloomberg
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A medic helps an injured soldier into an evacuation ambulance in the Donbas region. Getty
The American medics helping to keep Ukraine’s soldiers alive
Inspired by President Zelenskyy, a group of US volunteers are sharing their expertise in emergency care
Stephen Starr
Mason, Ohio
03 March, 2023
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