Ukrainian military medics rescue injured Russian boy in Kursk Oblast
Pravda Ukraine
The Ukrainian military provided medical assistance to a Russian boy who was injured in a Russian attack on Kursk Oblast.
Source: press service of 95th Separate Polesian Air Assault Brigade
Details: The child’s limb was amputated, and he suffered an open head injury, noted Maksym Morozko, a medical service captain. A projectile fragment had been lodged in his head.
Quote from Maksym Morozko: “Our guys, who provided assistance and extracted this injured family out of the destroyed house, put a tourniquet and a bandage on the child and did everything they were trained to do. I called up my team and warned the surgeons, we got ready and waited for the injured child to arrive. After about 40 minutes, two evacuation vehicles brought him to the first-aid post.”
Adriana, a paramedic at the medical service, said the boy was scared and did not want to answer the doctors’ questions.
“I tried to calm him down. But since I spoke to him in Ukrainian, it scared him even more. So, he did not want to answer questions. His mother also did not want to talk to us. Later, when we needed minimal information, she said he was 11 years old,” the servicewoman said.
After first aid was provided, the boy and his mother, who was also injured in the attack, were taken to hospitals. Doctors report that she did not ask where her son was sent and was more concerned about her condition.
At the same time, the distrust and reluctance to talk did not affect the decision of the military medics to provide the victims with the necessary assistance.
Quote from Maksym Morozko: “I didn’t even think that it was a Russian child. A child is a child. If they are injured, we need to help no matter what: neither skin colour nor the attitude towards us that their parents or the authorities have created.”
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