33-year-old soldier Pavlo Patseruk was seriously injured during a mortar attack while fighting for Bakhmut in early March 2023. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs and was at risk of limb amputation.
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Pavlo Patseruk was injured during a mortar attack at the height of fighting for Bakhmut early in March, with one mortar bomb exploding very close to him
A rescue mission near Bakhmut failed, leaving 23 men stuck on the front line. Russian soldiers were only 10 meters away and they had no chance of fighting them off. Artillery didn't hit the positions, then came the silence. Everyone in the group was killed and the bodies could not be retrieved.
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