It's unclear how many Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war so far, but the limited data released suggests it's well into the tens of thousands. CBC News recently gained access to a medical evacuation bus transporting injured soldiers from the front to a hospital in Dnipro Oblast in Eastern Ukraine. Here's what they said.An injured soldier gets medical care inside a bus that transport the wounded from the front to a hospital in Dnipro Oblast in Eastern Ukraine.
This 39-year-old IT specialist is known by his call sign, 'WIFI.' He was injured after two and a half days into his stint at the front. 'Liahk' is an accountant in his civilian life. He survived a drone attack on the tank he was was in while on the front line in the Donetsk region. As they drove out of the combat zone, the commander kept Liahk talking before himself losing consciousness and lapsing into a coma.A soldier with the call sign "Kniaz," which means prince in Ukrainian, stood out among the group of soldiers CBC met, because he is 60 years old. On June 19, Kniaz was driving a military vehicle toward Avdiivka, which wasShrapnel pierced his head, shoulder, arms and leg.