War in Ukraine

Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant no longer produces electricity. Instead, it shields a Russian military base.

Powered by precision drone warfare, Ukraine is eliminating tens of thousands of Russian troops every month and aims to push that number to 50,000. Without mass mobilization, Moscow cannot rebuild its shattered units.

Russian soldiers are using large infrastructure pipelines in Ukraine to bypass Ukrainian positions and launch surprise attacks. Previously, this tactic helped them capture a major city. Today, the pipes are becoming their graves.

In just weeks, Ukrainian forces reclaimed territory in the southern Zaporizhzhia region that Russia spent months capturing, erasing nearly half of Moscow’s recent gains, and exposing critical weaknesses in Russian communications and logistics.

Ukrainian troops on the Sumy front are battling subzero temperatures as low as –25°C (–13°F), where frozen trenches, failing engines, and constant drone surveillance reshape daily combat. Snow conceals artillery positions even as it risks exposing them, while frostbite and exhaustion shadow soldiers holding the line. In Ukraine’s winter war, endurance has become as decisive as firepower.

Every night and day, surgeons from the 3rd Army Corps’ 4th Separate Medical Battalion race against time to save the lives of fellow soldiers. Our team spent 24 hours with them, sharing their grueling routine and their relentless fight to deal with the gruesome consequences of war.