The 'tough as nails' medics on Ukraine's bloody front lines

ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine – When Natalia Nazar got the call that she was needed at Donetsk Airport to tend to Ukrainian soldiers wounded in battle last month, she raced to the heart of the hottest fight this nine-month-long war has seen.

"I didn’t think about anything other than the guys who need my help," she says.

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There, amid the smoldering rubble and a raging tank battle, Nazar found a soldier who had been so badly maimed she was sure she would have to perform a battlefield amputation of his butchered right arm in order to save his life — all the while dodging shrapnel from exploding artillery shells. Read more...

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