Near Ukraine's southern frontline, medics brave rockets to treat soldiers

Surgeon Denys and a nurse treat a wounded Ukrainian soldier in the emergency room of an emergency treatment point near the frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - As the doctor prepared to administer an injection, the loud thud of an artillery shell in the distance broke the silence in the operating room.

The staff at this emergency medical treatment point for soldiers near the Zaporizhzhia frontline in Ukraine's south, aren't fazed by the danger.