Russia is almost certainly facing a crisis in military medical facilities, the British Ministry of Defense said in a daily intelligence update. For 17 months, the Russian army averaged about 400 wounded soldiers a day in the war against Ukraine, the ministry added.
In a daily intelligence update, the British ministry said the influx of military wounded had likely disrupted the normal provision of some civilian medical services, especially in regions close to the border with Britain. Ukraine. It is also likely that many military hospitals are reserved for injured officers.
The British ministry cited the opinion of the head of the combat medicine training department of the Kalashnikov company, according to which probably up to 50 percent of Russian fatalities in combat could have been prevented by providing proper first aid.
“The very slow evacuation of casualties, coupled with the misuse of a primitive Russian tourniquet, is said to be the leading cause of preventable deaths and amputations,” the daily intelligence update said.
Earlier, independent Russian media reported that mobilized and contracted soldiers in Russiathose who were wounded return to the Ukrainian front unhealed and with shrapnel in their bodies. During the examinations, medical boards decide that military men are fit for military service.
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