As the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine's capital, Petro Nikitin has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of kilometers (miles) away. The doctor's work to repair the bodies of some of the most injured soldiers is all-consuming.
Petro Nikitin, left, takes part a surgery operation of Ukrainian serviceman at the military hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 5, 2023. As the lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in the Ukrainian capital, he's been confronted with the realities of the bloody conflict since day one of the Russian invasion some 14 months ago.
While the Ukrainian military does not provide casualty figures, some Western sources estimate more thanSome end up on the operating tables in Nikitin’s hospital, which like other Ukrainian military, is short-staffed because physicians were pulled away to work in field hospitals closer to the front. The Associated Press agreed not to identify the Kyiv hospital for security reasons.
“Every one of us had relevant experience before the invasion, but not in such volume,” Nikitin said. “The high numbers of traumas is something new for us.”
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