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Saving an arm from amputation: Surgery that resembles a sacred ritual
The doors of the freight elevator open, and a stretcher with a patient lying on his back emerges, followed quickly by orderlies. A complex microsurgical procedure that could save the patient’s leg awaits him. Frontliner reports on how American and Ukrainian doctors perform such surgeries together.
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Inside an explosives lab: How drone operators make their own munitions
Roughly 80% of the drone-dropped munitions the Taifun special purpose unit uses to eliminate occupying forces are homemade, crafted in their own laboratory. The soldiers explained to Frontliner reporters exactly what can be made from these materials.
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Perfumes, gowns, and reinforced concrete: From air-raid shelter to theater stage
Performances at the Kharkiv National Opera and Ballet Theater continue even during air raid alerts. Frontliner reporter witnessed this firsthand.
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Useful at the front and at home: Patriotic education by personal example
Instead of the usual school bell, a Vesnianka plays over the loudspeaker. Frontliner reports on what young people are learning at the center for national and patriotic education.
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“Mostly 500s and 250s falling”: Life in Chaplyne, 20 kilometers from the front line
Chaplyne, a village in the Synelnykove District of the Dnipropetrovsk region, is gradually coming into range of Russian FPV drones. This Frontliner report explores life in a settlement on the brink of the front line.
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From funerals to concerts: Why a military musician’s duty Is harder than it seems
In the morning, they play a mournful march and the national anthem at the cemetery. The tune genuinely feels like an erupting volcano, sounding as though it will soon reach the high ceiling and spill out of the building. Frontliner explores the service of a military band during wartime.
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‘Fifty Russians eliminated in a day’: one of the thousands of stories from the defense of Pokrovsk – how the 1st Assault Regiment held back the enemy with assault companies made up of former prisoners
Pokrovsk is in a difficult situation. This is a fact officially confirmed by the General Staff and clearly reflected on DeepState maps. Russia is pressing with everything it has, trying again and again to break through the defenses.
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“We work as one heart”: Changing the approach to prosthetics in Ukraine
Previously, Ukrainian service members who lost limbs more often had to seek out opportunities for quality prosthetics abroad. Frontliner reporters explore in this report how this process looks today.
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The sound of war: How the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s sound ranging platoon operates
Soldiers of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade utilize modern sound ranging systems on the Kupiansk front. Despite the constant threat of Russian FPV drones, the work of these operators helps destroy targets along the front on a daily basis.
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Supply shortages and drone threats: How the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s unmanned ground vehicle crew operates
According to soldiers of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade, the need for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the front line is growing rapidly. This Frontliner report explores how the new UGV crew of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s artillery reconnaissance battery operates.
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‘If not today, then next time’: how families awaited the 72nd prisoner of war exchange
Ambulances arrive at the hospital, and emaciated people are carefully transferred and placed into wheelchairs. This is how, during the 72nd prisoner of war exchange on the eve of Easter, 182 Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity.