Ukrainian volunteer soldier Igor, who is recovering from shell-shock, waits to be evacuated to a larger hospital, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. "We've come from hell," said Igor, who joined the fighting days after the invasion started in February. He is among a group of soldiers diagnosed with shell-shock, or post-traumatic stress disorder, waiting at the hospital to be evacuated. "They attacked us with everything - artillery, airplanes - there were shelling everywhere, day and night," he said. "We were in the battle for almost six days. Popasna is completely destroyed." REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.Show moreShow less
A wooden door, that was used as a stretcher is seen smeared with blood outside the emergency room, at a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.Show moreShow less
Injured Ukrainian volunteer soldiers, Maksim (C) and Andrei (R), sit on a bench in a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva. SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.Show moreShow less
Ukrainian volunteer Paramedic Aleksandra Pohranychna, 20, chats with soldiers while on duty, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, in Sviatohirks, Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 27, 2022. Pohranychna is the only paramedic serving her unit and waits in the town of Sviatohirsk until soldiers take her to the front or bring the wounded to her. "I decided to join and help," she says. "We have to do it." Her father back in Lviv in western Ukraine gave her money to buy personal protection gear - but her mother has stopped talking to her. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYShow moreShow less
A nurse cleans blood from volunteer soldier Maksim, who was injured by shrapnel during combat in Popasna, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, outside the emergency room at a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. Maksim signed up to fight a week after the invasion started. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.Show moreShow less
A medical worker stands next to an injured soldier on a stretcher, wrapped in a first aid foil blanket, before he is evacuated to a larger hospital after he was injured during combat in Popasna, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, at a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. The soldier had suffered a shrapnel injury to his spine. The doctors say his life is not at risk, but he may lose the use of his arms and legs. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYShow moreShow less
Paramedics from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital move an injured Ukrainian solider, who was evacuated from the front line in Popasna, from an ambulance, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, outside a hospital in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2022. The soldier had suffered a shrapnel injury to his spine. The doctors say his life is not at risk, but he may lose the use of his arms and legs. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYShow moreShow less
Ukrainian paramedic Svitlana Druzenko, from the Pirogov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, poses for a photo inside a hospital room that is used to store donated medicines arriving from abroad, amid Russia's invasion in Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 6, 2022. "When the war had just begun, I wondered what casualties it would bring. And now I see that number of victims is just huge ... People are dying - and dying in all cities." said Druzenko. REUTERS/Jorge Silva SEARCH "SILVA UKRAINE HOSPITAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.Show moreShow less
Inside a Ukraine hospital where medics work as rockets fall