Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

<p>Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead</p><p>Scrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.</p><p>Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/18/if-they-dont-die-our-infantry-will-ukraines-pivotal-battle-for-donetsk">city of Pokrovsk</a>, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/underground-hospital-ukrainian-soldiers-injured-by-russian-drones">Continue reading...</a>