Displaced Ukrainians make remote-controlled stretchers in family workshop


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Jun 2024

An ELECTROStretcher remote-controlled medical evacuation vehicle carries a soldier during a presentation by Ukrainian manufacturers, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location outside Kyiv, Ukraine, May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

KYIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian teenager Yelisei Mamonov dreams of attending his country's top technical university one day.

For now, he is gaining valuable experience at a family-run workshop making remote-controlled stretchers to rescue wounded troops as Russia's invasion grinds on and Kyiv seeks more innovative battlefield solutions.

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